Legal Opinion
Middlesex County Ethics Committee v. Garden State Bar Ass'n
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 21, 1982No. 81-460PublishedCited by 3,096 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari to determine whether a federal court should abstain from considering a challenge to the constitutionality of disciplinary rules that are the subject of pending state disciplinary proceedings within the jurisdiction of the New Jersey Supreme Court. 454 U. S. 962 (1981). The Court of Appeals held that it need not abstain under Younger v. Harris, 401 U. S. 37 (1971). We reverse.
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The Constitution of New Jersey charges the State Supreme Court with the responsibility for licensing and disciplining attorneys admitted to practice in the State. Art. 6, § 2, ¶ 3.1 Under the rules…
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