Legal Opinion
Temple of the Lost Sheep Inc. v. Abrams
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 5, 1991No. 1103, Docket 90-7981PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:
This fiercely contested litigation, which has been conducted in both federal and state courts since the fall of 1988, involves the interaction of the doctrines of abstention and collateral estoppel. Plaintiffs Temple of the Lost Sheep Inc., a/k/a Action Committee to Help the Homeless Now (the Temple), and Henry Jerome Mackey appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Arthur D. Spatt, J., dismissing their complaint against Robert *180Abrams, Attorney General of the State of New York, Assistant Attorney General Jill…
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