United States Fourth Circuit

District court's abstention, under the Younger doctrine, from exercising jurisdiction over ecstasy-dealing plaintiffs who have not exhausted their state remedies, is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/11/2003
• Published 02/11/2003

Judges

• Before WILLIAMS, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Aaron Edmund Michel, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellants.  Norma Smithwick Harrell, Special Deputy Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.