What is the effect of the "abstention doctrine" when a federal court declines to entertain an action even though it has jurisdiction?
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The following excerpt is from Chestnut v. People of State of New York, 370 F.2d 1 (2nd Cir. 1966):
12 The so-called "abstention doctrine," whereby a federal court will decline to entertain an action even though it has jurisdiction, is based on this same consideration. See, e.g., Dombrowski v. Pfister, 380 U.S. 479, 484-485, 85 S.Ct. 1116, 14 L.Ed.2d 22 (1965).
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