Nathaniel Robinson v. The City of Omaha, Nebraska

How courts have described this case

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• holding that abstention doctrines in general may be raised sua sponte
• discussing the duty of federal courts to avoid deciding issues of state law where no state court has interpreted the provision at issue
• ordering Pullman abstention where state law claim could establish applicability of local ordinance at issue and whether it conflicted with state law

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