Legal Opinion
Melvin Wicker v. Board of Education of Knott County, Kentucky
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1987No. 86-5220PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENGEL, Circuit Judge.
In England v. Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners, 375 U.S. 411, 84 S.Ct. 461, 11 L.Ed.2d 440 (1964), the Supreme Court provided a means whereby a federal court plaintiff could preserve his right to litigate federal issues in federal court even though he had been required by Pullman abstention first to present his state issues to the state courts. Railroad Comm’n v. Pullman Co., 312 U.S. 496, 61 S.Ct. 643, 85 L.Ed. 971 (1941). The plaintiff in England was obliged to repair to state court after the federal court abstained in order to let the state court decide those state…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by19 opinions
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