Legal Opinion
Miriam G. Carroll v. City of Mount Clemens, John Beeding, Jr., Harry Diehl, Jolyne Fisher, and Rex A. Burgess
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 19, 1998No. 96-2443PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMerritt, J.
WELLFORD, J. (p. 1076), delivered a separate concurring opinion. MOORE, J. (pp. 1077-80), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
OPINION
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
The District Court dismissed Plaintiff Miriam Carroll’s complaint on abstention grounds. The court held that Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971), required it to defer to an ongoing state building-code enforcement action against Carroll. This appeal raises the issue of whether Younger abstention applies to a federal action seeking only monetary damages in the face of such an…
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