Legal Opinion
Land and Bay Gauging, L.L.C. v. Toby Shor
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 21, 2015No. 14-40259UnpublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM. *
Paul Black and Toby Shor were business partners whose business relationship soured. A Texas state court entered judgment on a $31 million arbitration award for Shor arising from a business dispute with Black. The state court also ordered Black to turn over assets to Shor. Black sued Shor separately in federal court alleging in essence that Shor and her lawyers illegally conspired with the state-court judge to obtain the turnover orders in violation of Texas and federal law. The district court dismissed most claims for lack of jurisdiction under Rooker-Feldman and declined to…
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