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· 5/14/1984

Pulliam v. Allen

Citations

  • 466 U.S. 522
  • 104 S. Ct. 1970
  • 80 L. Ed. 2d 565
  • 1984 U.S. LEXIS 75
  • 52 U.S.L.W. 4525

How courts have described this case

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

  • “When the question is whether 17 a federal court should enjoin a pending state-court proceeding, even irreparable injury is 18 insufficient unless it is both great and immediate.”
  • “‘The starting point in our own analysis is the common law.’”

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Judges: Blackmun, Brennan, White, Marshall, Stevens, Powell, Burger, Rehnquist, O'Connor

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