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Constitutional Litigation in the Federal System of Federal and State Courts
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B. “Clarification Abstention”: Whereby the Federal Plaintiff is Directed to Seek Clarification in State Court of the State Law Being Challenged, so that the Federal Question Might be Modified or its Decision Avoided

Melvyn Zarr

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