Legal Opinion
Younger v. Jensen
California Supreme Court
Decided January 31, 1980No. L.A. 31024PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NEWMAN, J.
The California Attorney General has appealed from orders that deny two petitions for enforcement of subpenas to give evidence at an investigation into possible antitrust violations affecting California in the marketing of natural gas that originates at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.
The principal issues are (1) the authorized scope of the state’s investigation, and (2) whether federal law preempts the investigation. Also at issue is whether the Attorney General is collaterally estopped by a federal court injunction that on preemptive grounds forbids investigatory proceedings that appear…
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