Steven Craig Cooper v. Larry E. Parrish

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the Court should look to whether a state proceeding was pending at the time the federal complaint was filed
• observing that “the state has an important interest in ... prohibiting ... illegal obscene five performances”
• finding that pending state criminal proceedings involve important state interests
• dismissing claim when plaintiffs failed to show how the defendant’s actions in a public-nuisance proceeding actually violated procedural due process
• finding improper legal advice by a judicial officer was “in excess of his authority” rather than “in clear absence of all jurisdiction”
• examining the express language of the temporary restraining order issued by the court and determining that the language was broad enough to authorize the officers’ seizure of property

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).