United States Ninth Circuit

The Younger abstention doctrine will not preempt federal litigation requesting constitutional relief even if there is parallel litigation in state court requesting relief under a state constitution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/05/2001
• Published 09/05/2001

Judges

• O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:, Before:  O'SCANNLAIN, FERNANDEZ and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John A. Ramirez (argued) and R.S. Radford, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, and Robert S. Coldren and C. William Dahlin, Hart, King & Coldren, Santa Ana, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Henry E. Heater (argued), Donald R. Lincoln, and Linda B. Reich, Endeman, Lincoln, Turek & Heater, San Diego, California, and Diane E. Robbins and Richard Holdaway, Robbins & Holdaway, Chino, California, for the defendant-appellee.