for Toledo Bar Association
1. Steffel v. Thompson, No. 72-5581, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, November 13, 1973, Argued , March 19, 1974, Decided
OVERVIEW: Federal declaratory relief was not precluded where petitioner challenged the constitutionality of a state criminal trespass law because federal abstention was not required where state prosecution had been threatened but not initiated.
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