Legal Opinion
Diamond "D" Construction Corp. v. McGowan
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 1, 2002No. Docket No. 01-7055PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.
In this case we must apply bedrock principles of federalism, embodied in the Younger abstention doctrine. Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971). We are asked to determine whether a federal court was empowered to enjoin ongoing state administrative proceedings brought by the New York State Department of Labor (“DOL”) against a contractor, Diamond “D” Construction Corporation (“Diamond D”). More precisely, we must inquire whether the manner in which the DOL’s investigation and administrative proceedings were conducted, coupled with the…
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