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Pullman abstentio

A federal court's decision to abstain so that state courts will have an opportunity to settle an underlying statelaw question whose resolution may avert the need to decide a federal constitutional question. Railroad Comm'n u. Pullman Co., 312 U.S. 496, 61 S.Ct. 643 (1941).

Pullman abstention

See ABSTENTION,