Court Opinion

ID: 9843149
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 02:28:33.458372+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:14:38.101756
License: Public Domain

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
I dissented in the main case, Nelson v. Murphy, 44 F.3d 497 (7th Cir.1995), from the remarkable conclusion that Younger abstention could apply when there was no federal attempt to enjoin a state proceeding, and, in fact, where there was no ongoing or pending state proceeding with which to interfere. There are more fundamental reasons to reject the majority’s view here than whether these damage claims may be brought exclusively in the Court of Claims. Therefore, with the utmost respect, I dissent from the present opinion and order and would grant the petition for rehearing.