Legal Opinion
Health Net, Inc. v. Wooley
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 8, 2008No. 07-30607, 07-31128PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
After a trial in state court, Health Net, Inc. (“Health Net”), sued in federal court to block the enforcement of the state court’s judgments. Relying on Louisiana state law, Health Net alleged that the judgments were null because of improper ex parte communication between the defendants and the state court judge. The defendants argued the federal court lacked jurisdiction and that the suit was frivolous. The district court agreed with the defendants, dismissed for want of jurisdiction, and sanctioned Health Net’s counsel, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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