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Supreme Court· 2/25/1970

Reetz v. Bozanich

Citations

  • 397 U.S. 82
  • 90 S. Ct. 788
  • 25 L. Ed. 2d 68
  • 1970 U.S. LEXIS 67

How courts have described this case

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  • abstaining under Pullman where provisions of Alaska Constitution had never been interpreted by Alaska court
  • abstaining under Pullman where provisions of Alaska Constitution had never been interpreted by Aaska court
  • declaring 1961 law to be invalid as violating United States Constitution's privileges and immunities and commerce clauses, as well as Alaska Constitution's equal protection and due process clauses
  • declaring 1961 law to be invalid as violating United States Constitution's privileges and immunities and commerce clauses, as well as Alaska Constitution's equal protection and due process clauses
  • finding the district court should have abstained when a state court ruling on a state statute under the state constitution “could conceivably avoid any decision” mu der the federal Constitution
  • relying on the Pullman doctrine to hold that the “federal court should have stayed its hand while the parties repaired to the state courts for a resolution of their state constitutional questions” that could have obviated the need to answer the federal constitutional claim

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Judges: Douglas

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