Legal Opinion
Kay Rodgers Evans v. Troy Lee Dale, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 23, 1990No. 89-1772PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Chief Judge:
I
Kay Rodgers Evans appeals the dismissal without prejudice of her federal and pendent state claims against her former husband, Troy Lee Dale. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas applied the abstention doctrine of Burford v. Sun Oil Co., 319 U.S. 315, 63 S.Ct. 1098, 87 L.Ed. 1424 (1943), in dismissing. We vacate the judgment appealed from and remand the action to the district court with instructions.
II
On October 10, 1986, a final divorce decree was entered in Texas state court between Evans and Dale. The decree included a property settlement.…
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