Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Lipscher
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 29, 1990No. 89-5916PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
A directive of the Administrative Office of the New Jersey courts prohibits the appointment of a municipal court clerk who is married to a police officer. An incumbent clerk married a member of the police department and challenged the directive on federal and state constitutional, as well as state statutory, grounds. Declining to abstain, the district court ruled that the regulation violated the federal constitution, and enjoined its enforcement. 720 F.Supp. 454. We will vacate the court’s order and remand for abstention pending a decision of the state…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by24 opinions
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