· 6/27/1983
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. McCoy Restaurants, Inc.
Citations
- 708 F.2d 582
- 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 26376
How courts have described this case
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- district judge who presided over federal action was in best position to assess whether claims raised in state court were the same as those asserted in federal action
- district judge who presided over federal action was in best position to assess whether claims raised in state court were the same as those asserted in federal action
- “Because of the sensitive nature of federal interference with state court litigation, the exceptions to the rule against injunctions . . . must be narrowly construed.”
- “Because of the sensitive nature of federal interference with state court litigation, the exceptions to the rule against injunctions . . . must be narrowly construed.”
- “The import of the Anti-Injunction Act, as its name suggests, is that a federal court injunction of state litigation is to be the exception, not the rule.”
- assertion of res judicata should be directed to state forum
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Judges: Roney, Hill, Morgan
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