Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Dillon v. Alleghany Corp.
Dillon v. Alleghany Corp., 499 U.S. 933 (1991)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1991-03-25
- Topic
- bankruptcy
How later courts describe this case
- Younger confined to cases where federal plaintiff violated state law, thereby exposing himself to state enforcement proceeding
- “Whether the state proceeds against malefactors administratively or judicially is a distinction irrelevant to the policy behind Younger.”
- § 1983 plaintiff may initiate action to enjoin unconstitutional state conduct if he has not violated state law, has not exposed himself to a state enforcement proceeding, and is not a defendant in such a proceeding, but merely seeks to sweep away an illegal obstacle to his activities
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C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded with directions to dismiss. United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U. S. 36 (1950).