The following excerpt is from Hoffman v. Halden, 268 F.2d 280 (9th Cir. 1959):
Since these Civil Rights actions lie in the federal courts and defendants are usually state officials, there are involved "delicate state-federal relationships," Francis v. Lyman, 1 Cir., 1954, 216 F.2d 583, 588.26
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