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COBB v. GREEN

No. G83-285 CA.

611 F.Supp. 873 (1985)

Kendall COBB, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Judge Timothy M. GREEN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, S.D.

June 21, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth A. Birch, Birch, Dean & Preston, East Lansing, Mich., for plaintiffs.

George H. Weller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for Green and Steinman.

Larry A. Salstrom, Cohl, Salstrom, Stoker & Aseltyn, Lansing, Mich., for 13th Judicial Cir. Court, et al.

OPINION

BENJAMIN F. GIBSON, District Judge.

In Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971), the Supreme Court held that, absent "extraordinary circumstances," considerations of comity and federalism require the federal courts to abstain from enjoining pending criminal proceedings in state court. In subsequent cases, the Court extended the doctrine...

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