Educational Services, Inc. v. Maryland State Board for Higher Education

HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:

Faced with a broad-ranging and intricate constitutional challenge to Maryland’s certification process governing the operation of a private teacher training school, the district court abstained, dismissing the suit. Plaintiffs appeal, contending principally that this suit is not among the various situations in which abstention is warranted. We agree. Plaintiffs also contend that they were entitled to a default judgment. Although we affirm the district court’s denial of plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment, we reverse the judgment of dismissal and remand to…