When will we abstain from deciding on constitutional issues until the state courts can decide the constitutional issues?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Hoptowit v. Ray, 682 F.2d 1237 (9th Cir. 1982):
2 Neither party has suggested that we abstain from deciding the constitutional issues until the state courts can decide the state claims. From what we have before us, we are not persuaded that abstention is appropriate in this appeal, because resolution of state law issues would not eliminate the bulk of the federal constitutional claims. See Manney v. Cabell, 654 F.2d 1280 (9th Cir. 1980).
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