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· 2/17/1960

T. Smith & Son, Inc. v. Frank Williams

Citations

  • 275 F.2d 397
  • 1960 U.S. App. LEXIS 5353
  • 1960 A.M.C. 1296

How courts have described this case

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  • discussing the “hands-off doctrine” expressed in the Anti-Injunction Act and describing the statute as “a pillar of federalism”
  • discussing the “hands-off doctrine” expressed in the Anti- Injunction Act and describing the statute as “a pillar of federalism”
  • “The phrase, ‘where necessary in aid of its jurisdiction’, . . . should be 12 Case: 10-10711 Date Filed: 11/19/2012 Page: 13 of 24 interpreted narrowly, in the direction of federal non-interference with orderly state proceedings.”

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Judges: Tuttle, Brown, Wisdom

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