Legal Opinion
Pomponio v. Fauquier County Board of Supervisors
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 15, 1994No. 91-1107PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WIDENER wrote the opinion of the Court, in which Judges Donald RUSSELL, K.K. HALL, WILKINSON, WILKINS, NIEMEYER, HAMILTON, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS joined. Judge MURNAGHAN wrote a dissenting opinion, in which Chief Judge ERVIN and Judge PHILLIPS joined.
OPINION
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
The sole issue before us is- whether the district court properly applied the abstention doctrine of Burford v. Sun Oil Co., 319 U.S. 315, 63 S.Ct. 1098, 87 L.Ed. 1424 (1943), in dismissing this case without prejudice. We hold that Burford abstention was appropriate and affirm the…
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- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Burford v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- New Orleans Public Service, Inc. v. Council of City of New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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