ZAHL v. HARPER

No. 01-1817.

282 F.3d 204 (2002)

Kenneth ZAHL, Appellant, v. Douglas J. HARPER, in his official capacity as Senior Deputy Attorney General of the state of New Jersey and individually, solely to the extent of exposing his person to the equitable jurisdiction of this Court; The New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety; Division of Consumer Affairs; State Board of Medical Examiners; John J. Farmer, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of New Jersey and individually, solely to the extent of exposing his person to the equitable jurisdiction of the Court; The State of New Jersey.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: February 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Conroy, Kern, Augustine, Conroy & Schoppmann, Bridgewater, NJ, Counsel for Appellant.

Jeffrey Burstein, Office of Attorney General of New Jersey, Division of Law, Newark, NJ, Counsel for Appellees.

Before SCIRICA, ROSENN, Circuit Judges, and KANE, District Judge.


Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) January 18, 2002.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal, in an action seeking federal injunctive relief from state disciplinary proceedings against a medical practitioner, raises important questions concerning the application of the doctrines of preemption and abstention. The New Jersey State Attorney General (Attorney General) instituted disciplinary proceedings against Kenneth Zahl, M...

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