What is the federal obligation of the courts to grant a hearing to the Colorado River Water Conservation District?
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The following excerpt is from Myer v. County of Orange, 925 F.2d 1470 (9th Cir. 1991):
Federal courts have a "virtually unflagging obligation" to exercise their jurisdiction. Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States, 424 U.S. 800, 817, 96 S.Ct. 1236, 47 L.Ed.2d 483 (1976). "This obligation is particularly weighty when those seeking a hearing in federal court are asserting ... their right to relief under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983." Tovar v. Billmeyer, 609 F.2d 1291, 1293 (9th Cir.1979).
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