Legal Opinion
Port Authority Police Benevolent Ass'n v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Police Department
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 7, 1992No. Nos. 91-5921, 91-5922PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge:
On this appeal, we review the district court’s order which dismissed, on Younger abstention grounds, the complaint of the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association (“PBA”) and Trotter, a fundraising organization employed by the PBA. In their complaint, the PBA and Trotter had, essentially, requested the district court to review the order of a New York state trial court. The order of the New York state court had enjoined the PBA and Trotter from soliciting contributions from Port Authority tenants.
Because the requirements for Younger abstention are…
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