· 3/7/1977
Town of Lockport v. Citizens for Community Action at the Local Level, Inc.
Citations
- 430 U.S. 259
- 97 S. Ct. 1047
- 51 L. Ed. 2d 313
- 1977 U.S. LEXIS 55
How courts have described this case
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- federal court need not abandon jurisdiction properly acquired simply because similar suit is later filed in state court
- subsequently filed state civil suit does not invoke Younger abstention
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Judges: Blackmun, Brennan, Marshall, Powell, Stewart, White
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