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Cassan Enterprises, Inc. v. Chrysler Corp.

U.S.
Mar 30, 1998
523 U.S. 1047 (1998)

Summary

noting that the state had an important interest in administering punitive damage awards sufficient to invoke Younger in the context of a suit to declare a state's wrongful death statute unconstitutional and that a federal court would have to conclude, contrary to principles of comity, that the state's courts were incapable of enforcing the federal constitution to prevent unconstitutional damage awards

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Opinion

No. 97-1246.

March 30, 1998.


C.A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 129 F. 3d 124.


Summaries of

Cassan Enterprises, Inc. v. Chrysler Corp.

U.S.
Mar 30, 1998
523 U.S. 1047 (1998)

noting that the state had an important interest in administering punitive damage awards sufficient to invoke Younger in the context of a suit to declare a state's wrongful death statute unconstitutional and that a federal court would have to conclude, contrary to principles of comity, that the state's courts were incapable of enforcing the federal constitution to prevent unconstitutional damage awards

Summary of this case from Point Conversions, LLC. v. Lopane
Case details for

Cassan Enterprises, Inc. v. Chrysler Corp.

Case Details

Full title:CASSAN ENTERPRISES, INC., Et Al. v. CHRYSLER CORP. Et Al

Court:U.S.

Date published: Mar 30, 1998

Citations

523 U.S. 1047 (1998)

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