Los Altos El Granada Investors v. City of Capitola

BYBEE, Circuit Judge:

Despite clear language from the Supreme Court establishing that “a state court determination may not be substituted, against a party’s wishes, for his right to litigate his federal claims fully in the federal courts,” England v. La. State Bd. of Med. Exam’rs, 375 U.S. 411, 417, 84 S.Ct. 461, 11 L.Ed.2d 440 (1964), two California courts determined that this right to a federal forum was “irrelevant” and struck appellant’s clear reservation of its federal claims from its complaint. The district court then determined that the actions of the California courts should be given…