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Younger v. Harris

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Limited by some courts
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Citation
401 U.S. 37
Decided
Confirmed treatments
1
Flagged citations read
378 of 378
Citing cases (total)
14,568
Treatment dates
2013
Limited by some courts
At least one reviewed court has limited this case’s holding to narrower facts or a narrower rule. No reviewed court has overruled it. Younger v. Harris has been limited. All 378 flagged citations have been processed; 1 confirmed adverse treatment is listed below.
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14,568 later cases cite Younger v. Harris; 378 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.

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Treatments

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  • The Supreme Court confined Younger abstention to ongoing state criminal prosecutions, certain civil enforcement proceedings, and civil proceedings involving orders uniquely necessary to state courts’ judicial functions.

    Sprint Communications, Inc. v. Jacobs · Supreme Court of the United States · filed

    We have not applied Younger outside these three "exceptional" categories, and today hold, in accord with NOPSI, that they define Younger's scope. ... In short, to guide other federal courts, we today clarify and affirm that Younger extends to the three "exceptional circumstances" identified in NOPSI, but no further.
    Read the full opinion on CourtListener →

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