Legal Opinion
Schall v. Joyce
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 15, 1989No. 88-3512PublishedCited by 204 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in this case, Theresa Schall, brought suit in federal district court to challenge the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s confession of judgment procedures and to have a judgment entered against her in state court by confession marked satisfied. The district court stayed consideration of the suit pending resolution of proceedings instituted by Schall in state court to set aside the judgment. The district court’s terse opinion did not explain which of the several federal abstention doctrines justified a stay. This appeal presents two…
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