Legal Opinion
The Sea Ranch Association v. California Coastal Zone Conservation Commissions
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1976No. 75--2281PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before BARNES, BROWNING and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges. EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
In this Section 1983 action [42 U.S.C. § 1983], appellants challenge the constitutionality of portions of the California Coastal Zone Conservation Act (the Act) [Calif. Pub.Resources Code §§ 27401 et seq. (West. Supp.1976)]. A three-judge court “abstained” in favor of “state court determination of the state issues.” Sea Ranch Ass’n v. California Coastal Zone Conservation Comm’n, 396 F.Supp. 533, 541 (N.D.Cal.1975).
We hold that the three-judge court was properly convened and that its order of abstention…
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