Legal Opinion
McRedmond v. Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 2, 1976No. 314, Docket 75-7389PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns the interplay of the doctrines of abstention and exhaustion of state remedies in the context of a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action in which a variety of constitutional and statutory issues are raised. The Southern District of New York, Lee P. Gagliardi, Judge, decided that abstention from exercise of jurisdiction was warranted. We disagree, concluding that the case does not present the narrowly limited circumstances permitting invocation of the doctrine which was established by the Supreme Court in Railroad Commission v. Pullman Co., 312 U.S.…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by80 opinions
- Ramos v. LammCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- Leonard Campbell v. Anderson McGruder Superintendent, Detention Services, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- Winters v. LavineCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & HospitalDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- State Ex Rel . Harris v. CalendineWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1977
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