england procedure
England procedure. A procedure by which — after a federal court has referred a case back to state court under the Pullman abstention doctrine, and the state court has adjudicated the state-court issues — a litigant may return to federal court to have the federal claims adjudicated. England v. Louisiana State Bd. of Med. Examiners, 375 U.S. 411, 84 S.Ct. 461 (1964). See Pullman abstention under ABSTENTION. [Cases: Federal Courts 65.]