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VILLAGE OF BOLINGBROOK v. CITIZENS UTILITIES CO.

No. 88-1868.

864 F.2d 481 (1988)

VILLAGE OF BOLINGBROOK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITIZENS UTILITIES COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Ryan, Keck Mahin & Cate, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lee N. Abrams, Mayer Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

A federal court "may not grant an injunction to stay proceedings in a State court except as expressly authorized by Act of Congress, or where necessary in aid of its jurisdiction, or to protect or effectuate its judgments." 28 U.S.C. § 2283. In February 1988 Citizens Utilities Co. of Illinois filed a suit in state court, asking the court to enforce a consent decree it had entered in 1971 resolving litigation between Citizens and the...

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