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· 3/9/1973

Jamie N. Moye v. Clerk, Dekalb County Superior Court

Citations

  • 474 F.2d 1275
  • 1973 U.S. App. LEXIS 11211

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a federal district court is not authorized to direct state officials in the performance of their duties
  • holding that federal courts lack the general power to issue writs of mandamus to direct state courts and their judicial officers in the performance of their duties where mandamus is the only relief sought
  • holding that federal courts lack “the general power to issue writs of mandamus to direct state courts and their judicial officers in the performance of their duties where mandamus is the only relief sought”
  • “[A] federal court lacks the general power to issue writs of mandamus to direct state courts and their judicial officers in the performance of their duties where mandamus is the only relief sought.”
  • “[A] federal court lacks the general power to issue writs of mandamus to direct state courts and their judicial officers in the performance of their duties where mandamus is the only relief sought.”

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Judges: Bell, Godbold, In-Graham, Per Curiam

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