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· 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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