United States Eighth Circuit

District court's preliminary injunction, enjoining state eminent domain proceedings, is reversed; the factors for federal abstention were satisfied and there was no demonstration of bad faith such as would make abstention inappropriate.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/03/2004
• Published 02/03/2004

Judges

• MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, BOWMAN, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas C. Walsh, argued, St. Louis, MO, Jay L. Levitch, argued, St. Louis, MO (Mark Lawson, Henry F. Luepke, Gerard T. Carmody, Kevin M. Cushing, Kelley F. Farrell, and K. Lee Marshall, St. Louis, MO, on the brief), for Appellants City of St. Louis, Target and LCRA, et al.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jordan B. Cherrick, argued, St. Louis, MO (Edward M. Goldenhersh, William J. Travis, John E. Petite, Mary M. Bonacorsi, Jeffrey R. Fink, St. Louis, MO. and Richard M. Goldstein, New York, NY, on the brief), for Appellees.