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· 1/26/1973

Phyllis Lynch v. Frank W. Snepp

Citations

  • 472 F.2d 769

How courts have described this case

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  • discussing, as exception to 28 U.S.C. § 2283, the limited circumstances justifying federal court interference in state civil proceedings
  • discussing, as an exception to 28 U.S.C. § 2283, the limited circumstances justifying federal court interference in state civil proceedings
  • “Despite the ‘firstness’ of the first amendment, we do not believe that every case asserting a first amendment violation is a proper one for a federal court to interfere with a state proceeding.”
  • Younger applies to all pending state proceedings, civil and criminal
  • Younger applies to all pending state proceedings, civil and criminal
  • injunctions affecting state civil pz'ocesses

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Judges: Winter, Craven, Field

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