Legal Opinion
Dawn Elaine Brown, by and Through Gayle (Brown) Marden, as Her Mother and Next Friend, Cross v. Dixie Herlong Chastain, Cross
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 2, 1969No. 26848_1PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge:
We are here presented with the question whether the District Court had ju*1013risdiction to directly review a final determination of federal constitutional questions voluntarily submitted to and decided by the state courts of Florida in connection with litigation pending in the state courts, no review by the United States Supreme Court having been sought. The District Court had no jurisdiction, and we reverse.
In 1961 Gayle and James Brown were divorced. Gayle was awarded custody of their child, Dawn Elaine Brown. In 1966 James Brown filed suit in the Juvenile and Domestic…
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