Pullman abstention
- A type of judicial discretion where a federal court declines to rule on a case because it involves unclear aspects of state law that could potentially be resolved by a state court
- The judge decided to apply Pullman abstention to avoid ruling on the case involving the interpretation of the ambiguous state law.
- When faced with a case full of uncertain state law matters, the federal court might opt for Pullman abstention.
- The complexities of state law in the case lead to a need for Pullman abstention, pushing the decision to a state court.
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