Supreme Court Backs Sprint, Saying Federal Courts Should Hear Telecom Act Disputes

摘要

Federal law claims can be adjudicated in federal court evennwhen there’s an ongoing state proceeding on the issue, the SupremenCourt ruled unanimously (http://1.usa.gov/IO5ZD5) Dec.n10. “Federal courts are obliged to decide cases within the scope ofnfederal jurisdiction,” wrote Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for thencourt. “Abstention is not in order simply because a pending statecourtnproceeding involves the same subject matter.”