Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Barnes
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided September 3, 2003No. 203CV130PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED ORDER
EDENFIELD, District Judge.
Some pro se litigators get it in their mind that, if they lose a case in state court, they can simply run down to the nearest federal court and “undo” the result, evidently believing that federal district courts have some sort of appellate power to overrule state courts. 1
That’s essentially what plaintiff Harold A. Johnson did in Johnson v. Lomas Mtg. USA, Inc., 291CV241 (S.D.Ga. Complaint filed 10/15/91), when he asked this Court to “deny full faith and credit to” (hence, neutralize, or vacate) a 1988 Florida state court judgment of foreclosure on…
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- Kaplan v. DaimlerChrysler, A.G.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
- Sherrial T. St. Amant v. John R. Bernard, Cross-Appellants v. Larry P. Boudreaux, Individually, Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
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- In Re LetourneauUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 2010