Legal Opinion
Mark James v. Sam Woods
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 9, 2018No. 17-30783PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
This appeal-interwoven with a custody dispute-arrives in our court following a father's report of sexual misconduct inflicted on his child by the child's stepfather. Upon investigation by the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office, the stepfather was arrested and charged with aggravated incest. A state-court jury ultimately acquitted him at trial, and he later filed these malicious-prosecution and intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress claims under Louisiana law against the child's father and his then-girlfriend. The district court granted summary judgment for…
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