Burford abstention
- A type of abstention that involves a federal case questioning the execution of a typically complex state administrative function
- The judge decided to invoke the Burford abstention to avoid interfering with complex state administrative matters.
- The case would have interfered with state administrative function, hence, a Burford abstention was implemented.
- The Burford abstention was considered due to the complexity of the state administrative function involved in the federal case.
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