I. The question presented is whether the principles
enunciated in Younger v. Harris and its progeny
require a federal court, having properly before it a
claim that a federal statute preempts a state law,should abstain from the deciding the federalquestion of preemption because a state executivebranch agency has initiated a civil administrativeproceeding against the federal plaintiff solely underthe state law.

II. The question presented is whether the Court of
Appeals erred by applying an abuse of discretionstandard to a District Court's decision to apply theabstention principle enunciated in Younger v.
Harris and, therefore, erred in affirming theDistrict Court's decision.

whether the principles enunciated in Younger v. Harris and its progeny require a federal court to abstain from deciding a federal preemption question