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Harris County Comm'rs Vs. Moore

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Feb 18, 1975

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  1. Askew Vs. Hargrave US Supreme Court · Mar 08, 1971
  2. Reetz Vs. Bozanich US Supreme Court · Feb 25, 1970
  3. Harrison Vs. Naacp US Supreme Court · Jun 08, 1959
  4. Albertson Vs. Millard US Supreme Court · Mar 16, 1953
  5. Lake Carriers' Assn. Vs. MacMullan US Supreme Court · May 30, 1972
  6. Harman Vs. Forssenius US Supreme Court · Apr 27, 1965
  7. Goosby Vs. Osser US Supreme Court · Jan 17, 1973
  8. Baggett Vs. Bullitt US Supreme Court · Jun 01, 1964
  9. Procunier Vs. Martinez US Supreme Court · Apr 29, 1974
  10. Zwickler Vs. Koota US Supreme Court · Dec 05, 1967
  11. U.S. 77 (1975) U.S. Supreme Court Harris County Comm'rs v. Moore
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  12. U.S. 77 (1975) Harris County Commissioners v. Moore
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  13. without reaching the merits of the equal protection claim sustained by the District Court. In Railroad Comm'n v. Pullman
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  14. on numerous occasions. E.g., Lake Carriers' Assn. v. MacMullan
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  15. Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. McLaughlin
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  16. Zwickler v. Koota
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  17. U. S. 241 , 389 U. S. 248 (1967), and only upon careful consideration of the facts of each case. Baggett v. Bullitt
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  18. Railroad Comm'n v. Pullman
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  19. likely resolve the state law questions underlying the federal claim, we have regularly ordered abstention. See Askew v. Hargrave
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  20. Chicago v. Fieldcrest
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  21. Meredith v. Winter
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  22. U. S. 84 law questions have concerned matters peculiarly within the province of the local courts, see Reetz v. Bozanich
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  23. Fornaris v. Ridge
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  24. Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City
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  25. have inclined toward abstention. On the other hand, where the litigation has already been long delayed, see Hostetter v. Idlewild
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  26. seemed unlikely that resolution of the state law question would significantly affect the federal claim, see Chicago v. Atchison
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  27. Public Utilities Comm'n v. United
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  28. ruling or otherwise significantly modify the federal claim, the argument for abstention is strong. See Kusper v. Pontikes
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  29. c) and, as a consequence, the nature and continued vitality of the federal constitutional claim. As we wrote in Reetz v. Bozanich
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  30. constables when the County Commissioners Court elects to exercise its redistricting authority. State ex rel. Dowlen v. Rigsby
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  31. Ward v. Bond
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  32. expiration of their terms, even if redistricting resulted in their living outside their precincts. Childress County v. Sachse
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  33. McNeese v. Board
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  34. forum after the Texas courts have been given the opportunity to address the state law questions in this case. England v. Louisiana
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  35. to require that school district officials reside throughout their terms in the districts that they serve. Whitmarsh v. Buckley
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  36. commissioners, by contrast, are not required to reside in their precincts for their full terms. Childress County v. Sachse
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  37. in administering the challenged statute. Board of Regents v. New
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  38. In Gibson v. Berryhill
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  39. In Wisconsin v. Constantineau
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  40. clarifying interpretation by the state courts, we have regularly required the district courts to abstain. See Reetz v. Bozanich
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  41. Meridian v. Southern
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  42. Jones v. Williams
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  43. There is support for this view in several early cases, and in a number of state Attorney General's opinions. See Brown v. Meeks
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  44. Dowlen v. Rigsby
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  45. but to stay the federal suit pending determination of the state law questions in state court. See Zwickler v. Koota
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  46. relief under state law if a federal court retains jurisdiction over the federal claim. United Services Life Ins. Co. v. Delaney
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  47. Romero v. Coldwell
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  48. Barrett v. Atlantic
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  49. court. MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, dissenting. The principle of abstention -- judicially created by Railroad Comm'n v. Pullman
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  50. The three judges who made up the District Court in Page 420 U. S. 90 this case were Thomas G. Gee, John v. Singleton
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