BD. OF CTY. COM'RS OF DOUGLAS CTY., KAN. v. HAYDEN

Civ. A. No. 88-4284-O.

715 F.Supp. 313 (1989)

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Mike HAYDEN, Governor, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

June 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Fairchild and Patricia R. Hackney, Riling, Burkhead, Fairchild, & Nitcher, Chtd., Lawrence, Kan., for plaintiffs.

Mark W. Stafford, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert T. Stephan, Atty. Gen., and Daniel P. Kolditz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Topeka, Kan., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

EARL E. O'CONNOR, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the court on the motion of the defendants for the court to abstain from further proceedings in this case. The defendants assert that abstention is proper under the Burford doctrine, the Colorado River doctrine, and/or the Pullman doctrine. For the reasons that follow, we grant the motion.

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