Legal Opinion
Acord v. Parsons
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided November 22, 1982No. Civ. A. 82-0273PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DALTON, District Judge.
Plaintiff Lonnie E. Acord filed suit against his former wife Mary E. Parsons, Mary’s husband Issac C. Parsons, 1 and an attorney, 2 alleging various claims for relief arising out of the defendants’ alleged abduction of Angela Acord, the daughter of Lonnie and Mary. The case now comes before this court on defendants’ motion to dismiss for want of subject matter jurisdiction. 3
The facts relevant to this procedural motion are largely undisputed. Lonnie and Mary were divorced in West Virginia on March 5, 1975; the Circuit Court of Beckley, West Virginia…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- James D. Cole v. Mary Franklin Carter Cole, Dale Padgett, J. H. PadgettCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
- Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon v. Lewis S. RosenstielCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Mabel Smith Crouch v. Parsons Thomas CrouchCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Eleanor Cook Goins v. Richard Allen GoinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Williams v. NorthDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1986