Legal Opinion
Traughber v. Beauchane
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 22, 1985No. Nos. 84-5366, 84-5703PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Larry and Delores Traughber (Traughbers/appellants) appeal the district court’s dismissal of their § 1983 lawsuit. The district court predicated its decision on the doctrine of abstention articulated in Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971), and its progeny.
The Traughbers were engaged in the business of purchasing, selling and renting real property, including residential properties, in Robertson County, Tennessee. One of their residential tenants had been a babysitter for Kenneth and Kathy Beauchane, defendants below…
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