Legal Opinion
Hugh Sawyer v. Ben F. Overton
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 17, 1979No. 78-3312PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant Sawyer is a Florida lawyer who was disciplined by a judicial order of the Florida Supreme Court. He filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief “vacating the opinion of the Florida Supreme Court ordering the three month suspension of plaintiff” and for a judgment against the judges of the panel which disciplined him “in the amount of $2,070.23 to reimburse plaintiff for the amount he was ordered to pay as costs of the disciplinary proceedings.” The district court dismissed for want of jurisdiction and we affirm.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- In Re SummersSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
3Cited by25 opinions
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- John M. Hagerty v. Succession of Laura McCloskey ClementCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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