Warning

Info

Warning

Info

Warning

Info

LSDefine

Simple English definitions for legal terms

equitable abstention

Read a random definition: self-insured retention

A quick definition of equitable abstention:

Equitable abstention is when a federal court decides not to interfere with a state's decision on a local matter, as long as the person who is unhappy with the decision can get help from the state courts. This is done to avoid causing problems between the state and federal governments. There are other types of abstention, like Burford abstention, which is when a federal court won't review a state court's decision in cases involving a complicated regulatory scheme and important state issues. Another type is Younger abstention, which is when a federal court won't interfere with an ongoing state criminal proceeding, unless it's being done in bad faith or just to harass someone.

A more thorough explanation:

Equitable abstention is a legal principle that allows a federal court to refrain from interfering with a state administrative agency's decision on a local matter when the aggrieved party has adequate relief in the state courts. This means that the federal court will not get involved in a case if the state court can provide a fair and just resolution.

For example, if a person is unhappy with a decision made by a local zoning board, they may try to bring the case to federal court. However, if the federal court determines that the person can get adequate relief in the state court system, they may choose to abstain from the case and let the state court handle it.

Equitable abstention is just one type of abstention that federal courts may use in certain situations. Other types of abstention include Burford abstention, Colorado River abstention, permissive abstention, Pullman abstention, Thibodaux abstention, and Younger abstention.

equipment trust certificate | equitable action

Warning

Info

General

General chat about the legal profession.
main_chatroom
👍 Chat vibe: 0 👎
Help us make LSD better!
Tell us what's important to you
JumpySubsequentDolphin
11:32
hot yoga was fun
JumpySubsequentDolphin
11:32
i loved barre and pilates when i did them together
m10
11:33
Here's an article from Testosterone nation for all you men out there on why stretching is bullshit. https://archive.t-nation.com/training/stretching-is-b-s/
snow
11:36
M so close to crashing out
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
11:36
@babycat: If the person I am mentoring decides to listen to my advice instead of just discussing my advice I will pay you to tutor her. You seem like a smart, good and well put together person that she can probably learn well from.
babycat
11:37
Aw that’s so sweet Bulbasaur <3
11:39
@m10: stretching absolutely helps with tight tendons lol
11:39
now kiss
m10
11:40
@EvolBunny: Indeed! I am just riffing. Practicing for when I get into Chicago and do standup there on the weekends and get mad pussy.
11:40
You only do cardio on the weekends ;)
babycat
11:40
@m10: I have a friend that does this but he doesn’t get mad pussy
m10
11:40
I'll work that in! Sounds like a good way to segway.
m10
11:41
@babycat: yeah, well unlike 99.99% of people who do standup I will.
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
11:41
To do stand up comedy you have to have fat balls, that is awesome
m10
11:41
Woah, I got little balls. Like Adam Friedland. I ain't no Stavros.
what are we hoping for today?
m10
11:44
Nothing. No news is good news for me.
11:44
Crickets coming from my status update
babycat
11:45
dk are we gonna go to a homoerotic law school together?
11:45
@m10: at undergrad froshers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YEarMyIAzs
m10
11:46
@EvolBunny: God damn, classic Randy.
babycat
11:48
Going to law school with you is even more fun than going to San Sebastian, Irún, Hendaye, Biarritz, Bayonne or being sick to my stomach on the Travesera de Gracia in Barcelona partly because in your orange shirt you look like a better happier St. Sebastian partly because of my love for you, partly because of your love for yoghurt partly because of the fluorescent orange tulips around the birches partly because of the secrecy our smiles take on before people and statuary
m10
11:49
Man, there is this girl I visit every month at this one restaurant who I used to go skinny dipping with naked like @ararara always talked about in San Diego. We randomly reconnected like two months ago at this place she works at and we talk a lot about John Steinbeck books. If I don't visit her this month, she might be sad. However, this is my first day not sick and I worry about getting her sick and I am broke. What should I do LSD?
m10
11:49
Thanks @babycat that means a lot!
m10
11:50
Glad we can both be content at Scalia law. One of my favorites.
you can ask her if she wants to risk getting sick
11:50
hi lsd
m10
11:50
I dont have her number or any social media. This is one of those regular kinda things in restaurant and bar culture.
11:50
berk td is unlikely so BERK MONDAY :eyes:
hi eggan :)
LSD+ is ad-free, with DMs, discounts, case briefs & more.