United States First Circuit
Sirva Relocation, LLC v. Richie, 14-1934
In an employment benefits case providing the first opportunity to consider the impact of Sprint Commc'ns, Inc. v. Jacobs, 134 S. Ct. 584 (2013) on the abstention doctrine in Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971), the district court's decision to abstain is affirmed where this case does not fall under an exception to the Younger doctrine for facially conclusive claims of preemption.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/20/2015
- Published 07/20/2015
Judges
- Selya
Court
- United States First Circuit