Abstention and the Constitutional Limits of the Judicial Power of the United States

Calvin R. Massey, Abstention and the Constitutional Limits of the Judicial Power of the United States, 1991 B.Y.U. L. Rev. 811 (1991)

Argues that the abstention doctrines are really the Court enforcing the concept of dual sovereignty (i.e. federalism) on itself. This supports my position to the extent that I need to show that the Court does need to consider federalism when it acts, i.e. that federalism ain't just for Congress.

Citing references

Ann Woolhandler & Michael G. Collins, Judicial Federalism and the Administrative States, 87 Cal. L. Rev. 613 (1999)

Bradford C. Clark, Ascertaining the Laws of the Several States: Positivism and Judicial Federalism After Erie, 145 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1459 (1997)