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· 7/20/2015

Sirva Relocation, LLC v. Golar Richie

Citations

  • 794 F.3d 185
  • 60 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 2535
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 12488
  • 2015 WL 4395168

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that proceeding implicated important state interests based on prior court decisions recognizing same
  • noting that claims that a state proceeding is inadequate due to adjudicative delay are “undermine[d]” by a plaintiff’s “failure to pursue potentially available state judicial remedies”
  • noting that claims that a state proceeding is inadequate due to adjudicative delay are “undermine[d]” by a plaintiffs “failure to pursue potentially available state judicial remedies”
  • finding an ongoing proceeding where the agency “completed an investigation, issued a formal complaint, conducted a pre-hearing conference, and scheduled an adjudicative hearing”
  • applying Younger abstention even where a private cause of action was available
  • noting exceptions to Younger when “state proceeding is brought . . . for the purpose of harassment . . . if the state forum provides inadequate protection of federal rights [or] when a state statute is ‘flagrantly and patently violative of express constitutional prohibitions’”

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Judges: Howard, Selya, Kayatta

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