Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 1, 1979No. 76-4356PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
The plaintiffs seek preliminary injunctive relief against the continued prosecution of criminal proceedings against them in the Georgia state courts. They allege that the proceedings were brought in bad faith, in that they were brought in retaliation for, and to deter them from, the exercise of their First Amendment right to petition for redress of grievances. After a hearing the District Judge ruled that the doctrine of Younger v. Harris, 1971, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669, precluded a federal court from enjoining a state criminal prosecution brought…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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3Cited by147 opinions
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