CHIROPRACTIC AMERICA v. LAVECCHIA

No. 99-5060.

180 F.3d 99 (1999)

CHIROPRACTIC AMERICA, Appellant, v. Jaynee LAVECCHIA, in her official capacity as Commissioner of Department of Banking and Insurance ("DOB & I"), and Donald Bryan, in his official capacity as Assistant Commissioner for Legislative and Regulatory Affairs of DOB & I, Christie Whitman in her official capacity as Governor of the State of New Jersey.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Jaffe (argued), Houston, TX, Attorney for Appellants.

Joseph L. Yannotti (argued), John C. Grady, Office of the Attorney General of New Jersey, R.J. Hughes, Justice Complex, Trenton, NJ, Attorneys for Appellees.

Before: STAPLETON, RENDELL and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

Several New Jersey individual chiropractors and professional organizations that represent chiropractors appeal from the district court's dismissal of their complaint on the basis of abstention under Burford v. Sun Oil Co., 319 U.S. 315, 63 S.Ct. 1098, 87 L.Ed. 1424 (1943). They contend that the district court should have adjudicated their federal constitutional challenge...

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