Assertion: federal court | /r/CapableOf | abstain under so-called pullman abstention
Facets:
value: generally
type: DEGREE
value: from deciding a case
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: For instance, under so-called Pullman abstention, a federal court will generally abstain from deciding a case presenting unresolved state-law and federal constitutional questions if a state court could clarify the state-law question to make the constitutional ruling unnecessary.