Legal Opinion
Chick Kam Choo v. Exxon Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 16, 1988No. 87-505PublishedCited by 486 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
This case concerns the propriety of an injunction entered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The injunction prohibited specified parties from litigating a certain matter in the Texas state courts. We must determine whether this injunction is permissible under the Anti-Injunction Act, 28 U. S. C. § 2283, which generally bars federal courts from granting injunctions to stay proceedings in state courts.
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