Legal Opinion

Weekly v. Morrow

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 10, 2000No. 99-30289PublishedCited by 75 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIENER, Circuit Judge:

In this discovery dispute arising out of a worker’s compensation claim, Plaintiff-Appellant Edward Weekly appeals the district court’s dismissal of his suit to enjoin DefendanL-Appellee Sharon Morrow from seeking the issuance of a contempt citation against him for failing to produce Social Security documents. The district court declined to exercise jurisdiction over Weekly’s suit on grounds of Younger abstention. 1 As we hold that under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine the district court did not have jurisdiction over the instant case, we affirm that court’s judgment…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. FeldmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
  4. New Orleans Public Service, Inc. v. Council of City of New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Palmore v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by75 opinions

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  3. Brazoria County v. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
  4. Thomas v. StateDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 2018
  5. Mosley v. Bowie County TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008

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