Fifth Circuit· 3/10/2000

Weekly v. Morrow

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204 F.3d 613
2000 WL 177964

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indicating that “[f]ederal courts do not abstain on Younger grounds because they lack jurisdiction”
Younger abstention is a “prudential decision not to exercise … jurisdiction which [a court] in fact possesses,” not a determination that the court lacks jurisdiction
“The jurisdiction of the federal courts is established by the Constitution and by congressional statutes.”
“‘[F]ederal district courts, as courts of original jurisdiction, lack appellate jurisdiction to review, modify, or nullify final orders of state courts.’” (quoted case omitted)
“Federal courts do not abstain … because they lack jurisdiction; rather, [ ] abstention reflects a court’s prudential decision not to exercise equity jurisdiction which it in fact possesses.” (cleaned up)
“Federal courts do not abstain … because they lack jurisdiction; rather, [ ] abstention ‘reflects a court’s prudential decision not to exercise [equity] jurisdiction which it in fact possesses.’” (footnotes omitted)

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Judges: Wiener, Stewart

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