Polykoff v. Collins

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• abstention unwarranted where state action brought by county attorney seeks only declaratory judgment on the same federal issue as that involved in the federal action
• “Whether the state proceedings are ‘pending’ is not determined by comparing the commencement dates of the federal and state proceedings.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Potrero Hills Landfill, Inc. v. County of Solano
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-09-13· cited 82×
• Blair v. Shanahan
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-10-31· cited 72×
• Nationwide Biweekly Administration, Inc. v. Owen
  Ninth Circuit· 2017-10-10· cited 71×
• Dubinka v. Judges of the Superior Court of California
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-04-08· cited 64×
• Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation v. Mark Simonich
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-07-15· cited 48×
• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Miller
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-11-23· cited 28×
• Woodfeathers, Inc. v. Washington County
  Ninth Circuit· 1999-05-20· cited 28×
• M&A Gabaee v. Community Redevelopment Agency
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-08-17· cited 5×
• Midwestern Gas v. McCarty, William D.
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-11-02
• United States v. Kaczynski
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-01-09
• Wilmshurst v. Brown
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-04-30
• Northwest Association of Independent Schools v. Labrador
  Ninth Circuit· 2026-02-12

Cites

56 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Younger v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1971-02-23· cited 14,568×
• Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1983-02-23· cited 9,657×
• Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-24· cited 6,491×
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-25· cited 4,338×
• Solem v. Helm
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-28· cited 4,242×
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
  Supreme Court· 1973-04-23· cited 3,699×
• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.
  Supreme Court· 1941-03-03· cited 3,480×
• Roth v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-24· cited 3,255×
• Middlesex County Ethics Committee v. Garden State Bar Ass'n
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-21· cited 3,061×
• Miller v. California
  Supreme Court· 1973-10-09· cited 3,038×
• Steffel v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1974-03-19· cited 2,574×
• New York v. Ferber
  Supreme Court· 1982-07-02· cited 2,505×
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co.
  Supreme Court· 1941-02-03· cited 2,348×
• Bearden v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-24· cited 1,941×
• Pennzoil Co. v. Texaco Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-06· cited 1,834×
• City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-21· cited 1,818×
• Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-30· cited 1,758×
• Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd.
  Supreme Court· 1975-05-12· cited 1,716×
• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson
  Supreme Court· 1931-06-01· cited 1,633×
• Zwickler v. Koota
  Supreme Court· 1967-12-05· cited 1,325×