Legal Opinion
Hill v. McClellan
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 8, 1974No. 73-2686PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant Hill, incarcerated in the Texas Department of Corrections, filed a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, alleging that Judge Byron McClellan, Attorney Robert Cummings, and appellant’s ex-wife Wilma Hill, conspired to have a default judgment in a divorce, child custody, and property settlement action in a Texas state court entered against him while he was incarcerated and unable to appear in court. He sought damages and an order voiding the state judgment. The district court dismissed the complaint. We affirm.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- William L. Hanna v. Home Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- James Oliver McAlester Et Ux. v. David H. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Jim Beard and Hubbard Beard v. Melvin StephensCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Eldon O. Haldane v. Wilhelmina Helen King Chagnon, Horace N. Freedman, Lloyd S. Nix, Allen Miller, Wilfred H. TomlinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by63 opinions
- Lester Slotnick v. Harold StaviskeyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- Frank Slavin v. Tim Curry Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Lester Slotnick v. Paul GarfinkleCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Sidney A. Sparks, R. L. Lynd, D/B/A Sidney A. Sparks, Trustee v. Duval County Ranch Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Frank S. Waits v. Hon. Raymond McGowan A. J. S. C., Monmouth CountyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
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