Already have an account? Sign in instead.
You stay signed in for 30 days on this browser.
Continue with Google Continue with MicrosoftNo account yet? Create a free one.
We sent a six-digit code.
It expires in ten minutes, works once, and only in this browser. Five wrong tries void it. Send another code.
Your account is live and the Cloudflare checks are off for this browser.
5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 149 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Andrews v. King.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrews v. King Anchor | green | “a case is malicious if it was filed with the intention or desire to harm another.” | 56 |
| 2 | Middlesex County Ethics Committee v. Garden State Bar Ass'n | green | “bad faith, harassment, or some other extraordinary circumstance that would make abstention inappropriate.” | 39 |
| 3 | ReadyLink Healthcare, Inc. v. State Compensation Insurance Fund | green | “consider whether the federal action would have the practical effect of enjoining the state proceedings and whether an exception to younger applies.” | 19 |
| 4 | Melissa Cook v. Cynthia Harding | green | “abstention in civil cases 'is appropriate only when the state proceedings: (1) are ongoing, (2) are quasi-criminal enforcement actions or involve a state's interest in enforcing the orders and judgments of its courts, (3) implicate an important state interest, and (4) allow liti…” | 19 |
| 5 | Meredith v. Oregon | green | “younger abstention is proper only when the federal relief sought would interfere in some manner in the state court litigation.” | 16 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.