Legal Opinion
Richard Mazanec v. North Judson-San Pierre School Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 31, 1985No. 84-2485PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The question raised by this appeal is whether the district judge was right to abstain from deciding the merits of the plaintiffs’ case under the doctrine of Railroad Comm’n v. Pullman Co., 312 U.S. 496, 61 S.Ct. 643, 85 L.Ed. 971 (1941). Our previous opinion, Mazanec v. North Judson-San Pierre School Corp., 750 F.2d 625 (7th Cir.1984), held that such an order to abstain is appealable as a final judgment. See 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
The plaintiffs, Jehovah’s Witnesses who say they decided to educate their children at home in order to shield them from the secular and immoral…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Zwickler v. KootaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Hawaii Housing Authority v. MidkiffSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- Don Serpas, Raymond Johnson and Carl Waters, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Charles E. SchmidtCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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