Legal Opinion
Hudson v. Campbell
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 15, 2011No. 10-3025PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
The district court 1 dismissed Greta Arlene Hudson’s § 1983 claim against the Directors of the Missouri Family Support Division and Department of Social Services (the Division) based on the abstention doctrine set forth in Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971). Hudson 2 appeals, contending that the district court should not have abstained from hearing her claim. Because under Alleghany Corp. v. McCartney, 896 F.2d 1138 (8th Cir.1990), abstention is appropriate in administrative proceedings like Hudson’s, we hold that the district court did…
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