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· 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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