Legal Opinion
J. P., M. R., Cross-Appellees v. Andrew J. Desanti, Cross-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1981No. 79-3478, 79-3479PublishedCited by 184 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to decide whether under the principles first articulated in Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971), the District Court was obliged to abstain from deciding a class action challenge to certain aspects of state juvenile court procedures, and further, whether there exists a constitutional right of privacy which is violated by disclosure of juvenile court records. The District Court ruled that abstention was inappropriate. It reached the merits of all of the issues raised by appellant class, in the process…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by184 opinions
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