{"data":{"id":"us/28-u.s.c.-2283","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 U.S.C. § 2283","heading":"Stay of State court proceedings","body":"A court of the United States may not grant an injunction to stay proceedings in a State court except as expressly authorized by Act of Congress, or where necessary in aid of its jurisdiction, or to protect or effectuate its judgments.","path":["Title 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 155—INJUNCTIONS; THREE-JUDGE COURTS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc28@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:58:31Z","sha256":"78fbfd6231fd5f435913cdfa977a10638cb7852b4ab79694ccc0f5c861633edf","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/28-u.s.c.-2281-2282","next":"us/28-u.s.c.-2284"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}