Legal Opinion
Henry P. Earnest, Jesse Earnest, Jr., Anita Earnest McCohn and Ida Earnest v. Leo Lowentritt
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 8, 1982No. 82-3103PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Petitioners appeal from the judgment of the district court dismissing their civil right claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The court also dismissed their request for declaratory judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2201 for lack of jurisdiction. Petitioners claim defendant violated their Fourteenth Amendment due process guarantees during the course of a procedurally defective Louisiana foreclosure action directed against their father’s and husband’s lands in 1940. On appeal, the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Stump v. SparkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by74 opinions
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