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MATTER OF DAVIS

No. 82-1212.

691 F.2d 176 (1982)

In the Matter of Marvin Augustus DAVIS, Jr., Linda Dale Davis, Debtors. Marvin Augustus DAVIS, Jr., Linda Dale Davis, Appellants, v. Donald SHELDON d/b/a C.N.C. Insurance Company, Carlton Walls d/b/a Manlove Automotive Services, Inc., Dana G. Lane, d/b/a U.L. Harmon Company and Richard S. Gebelein, Attorney General, State of Delaware, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric M. Doroshow, Wilmington, Del., for appellants.

Richard J. McMahon, Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, Del., for appellees.

Before ADAMS, HUNTER and BECKER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether a bankruptcy court erred in declining to enjoin pending state criminal prosecutions because of their possible impact on federal bankruptcy proceedings. Because of the traditional concerns of equity and comity implicated when a federal court considers a request to enjoin state criminal proceedings, we conclude that the district court properly upheld the denial of the injunction...

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