Legal Opinion
Blodgett v. County of Santa Cruz
District Court, N.D. California
Decided October 21, 1980No. C-80-1077 WHOPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ORRICK, District Judge.
In this case against the Board of Supervisors of Santa Cruz County (“the Board”) and certain individual members brought by plaintiffs, Elizabeth Blodgett and Richard Tarmey, charging violations of certain federal civil rights statutes, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 et seq., by reason of the adoption by the Board of certain zoning regulations affecting their land, the sole question presented is whether this Court should abstain from exercising jurisdiction. This Court answers this question in the negative for the reasons set forth below.
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