Legal Opinion
Flanagan v. Arnaiz
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 6, 1998No. 96-16694PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge: ,
The issue in this case is whether a federal district judge could properly enjoin state proceedings, where settlement of a lawsuit in federal court had included express retention of jurisdiction to resolve disputes arising under the settlement agreement.
FACTS
The facts in this case are exceedingly complicated. But the law is clear, and application of the law to the facts is equally clear. The district judge was rightfully exasperated by the Flanagans’ use of the factual complexity as an excuse to dance back and forth between federal and state courts.
The Flanagans were…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Brotherhood of Locomotive EngineersSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Chick Kam Choo v. Exxon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Hunt Wesson Foods, Inc. v. Supreme Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Edgar H. Battle, D/B/A Edgar H. Battle Funeral Home v. Liberty National Life Insurance Company, Aubrey Carr, James L. Taylor, as the Adm., Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- Odd-Bjorn Huse v. Huse-Sporsem, A.S. (In Re Birting Fisheries, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
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