Legal Opinion

Corrinne Sutter v. Percy M. Pitts, III

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided February 11, 1981No. 80-1413PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This diversity suit is the most recent maneuver in a nine-year battle between Corrinne Sutter and her former husband, Percy M. Pitts, III, over the custody of their son, Michael Christian Pitts. In her complaint, Sutter alleged that Pitts and his present wife, Jeanne Duckworth Pitts, deliberately disobeyed the visitation and custody orders of the probate court of Essex County, Massachusetts, maliciously frustrating Sutter’s exercise of her civil rights in violation of Mass.Gen.Laws Ann. ch. 12, § 111. 1 Con- eluding that Sutter’s civil rights “action is really one which…

2Cases cited11 opinions

James D. Cole v. Mary Franklin Carter Cole, Dale Padgett, J. H. PadgettCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon v. Lewis S. RosenstielCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
Mabel Smith Crouch v. Parsons Thomas CrouchCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
Lynne E. Solomon, Parent and Natural Guardian of Patricia Solomon v. John F. Solomon, JrCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
William H. Hernstadt v. Sharon S. HernstadtCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967

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3Cited by44 opinions

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Kenneth G. Lloyd v. Irma Loeffler and Alvin F. LoefflerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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Thomas A. Bennett v. Patricia A. BennettCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
Russell A. Firestone, III and Myrna Odell Firestone v. The Cleveland Trust Company and Russell A. Firestone, Jr., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981

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