1. Burford v. Sun Oil Co., No. 495, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, February 8, 9, 1943, Argued , May 24, 1943, Decided
OVERVIEW: Abstention was appropriate in an equity action where the questions of regulation of the oil industry by the Texas Railroad Commission clearly involved basic problems of Texas policy, and federal intervention would have caused delay and conflict.
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