Quackenbush v. Allstate Ins. Co.
```json {
- Status
- Decided
- Decision released
- Jun 10, 1996
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```json { "summary": "The Supreme Court addressed whether a federal court's decision to send a case back to state court based on abstention principles can be appealed and whether federal courts can abstain from hearing lawsuits that seek only monetary damages. The Court ruled that such remand orders are appealable and that abstention is generally not permitted in cases seeking only legal damages rather than equitable relief.", "questionPresented": "Is an abstention-based remand order appealable as a final order under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and can the abstention doctrine recognized in Burford v. Sun Oil Co. be applied to dismiss or remand a federal suit that seeks only damages?" } ```
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