Legal Opinion
James D. Cole v. Mary Franklin Carter Cole, Dale Padgett, J. H. Padgett
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 9, 1980No. 79-1332PublishedCited by 182 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff’s suit was terminated in the district court partly by a grant of summary judgment, partly by a ruling that plaintiff had failed to state a claim on which relief could be granted, and partly by a ruling that some of plaintiff’s claims fell within the domestic-relations exception to federal diversity jurisdiction. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
I
On November 16, 1977, James D. Cole, a resident of Georgia, brought suit for compensatory and punitive damages against Mary Franklin Carter Cole (his former wife), against Dale Padgett (a deputy sheriff in the…
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