Rancho Palos Verdes Corporation, a Corporation v. City of Laguna Beach, a Municipal Corporation

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• holding land use planning is sensitive area of social policy
• distinguishing California law from Texas law and the Harris decision in holding that the district court should have retained jurisdiction following Pullman abstention
• holding land use planning is “a sensitive area of social policy”
• finding third factor met in case challenging land-use restrictions when recently enacted statutes that may provide plaintiff relief had not yet been interpreted by state courts
• abstention appropriate in case involving recently enacted “web of statutes” that attempts to “grapple with difficult land use problems”
• abstention appropriate in case involving recently enacted \web of statutes\ that attempts to \grapple with difficult land use problems\

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