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California V. Grace Brethren Church, Lewis F. Powell Jr
California V. Grace Brethren Church, Lewis F. Powell Jr
Supreme Court Case Files
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The Role Of Comity In The Law Of Federal Courts, Michael L. Wells
The Role Of Comity In The Law Of Federal Courts, Michael L. Wells
Scholarly Works
Considerations of comity often require federal courts to defer to state courts when federal issues could be raised in state proceedings. Contexts in which such deference is required include Younger abstention, habeus corpus exhaustion and procedural default, and Pullman and Burford abstention. In this Article, Professor Wells demonstrates that the Supreme Court's opinions fail to make a distinction between cases where comity requires restraint and those where it does not. The Court's motive in invoking comity is not to decrease access to federal courts, but instead to strike a compromise between the individual's interest in a federal forum and the …
Interstate Enforcement Of Child Protection Orders, Donald N. Duquette
Interstate Enforcement Of Child Protection Orders, Donald N. Duquette
Book Chapters
Child protection orders issued by local courts are sometimes violated. As long as the children and the other parties involved remain within the court's jurisdiction, enforcement problems, although they exist, are less complicated than the problems presented when the child is out of the court's jurisdiction. A child may be removed from the jurisdiction during visitation, contrary to the court's order. A child, visiting in another jurisdiction, may not be returned as ordered by the court. A child placed out of the jurisdiction by the court may now be in jeopardy because of an unauthorized removal from placement or other …