Opinion

Mabry v. State Board for Community Colleges & Occupational Education

  • 484 U.S. 849
  • 56 U.S.L.W. 3244
  • 44 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 37,425
  • 44 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1672
  • 108 S. Ct. 148
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Oct 5, 1987
Status
Published
Cited by
74 cases
Authority
More cited than 95.6%

where no state proceeding against federal plaintiff pending at time of filing of federal action, and subsequently-filed state action was brought by a party other than the federal defendant, abstention is inappropriate

How later courts described this case

  • where no state proceeding against federal plaintiff pending at time of filing of federal action, and subsequently-filed state action was brought by a party other than the federal defendant, abstention is inappropriate
  • adopting Title VII’s standards for assessing sex discrimination under Title IX
  • abstention is inappropriate if the two proceedings involve different parties with different interests

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

This record has no opinion text. It is a disposition such as a denial of certiorari, kept so the case can be found by name and citation.

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