Legal Opinion
Caughorn v. Phillips
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided August 14, 1997No. 3:97-CV-0582PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JORDAN, District Judge.
The plaintiff filed his complaint pro se on August 5, 1997 [doc. 1], While there is no statement in the complaint of any federal statute on which the plaintiff relies to invoke this court’s subject-matter jurisdiction, it appears that the plaintiff is suing under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged deprivations under color of State law of rights, privileges, or immunities secured to the plaintiff by the Constitution and laws of the United States. The plaintiff alleges that after he and his former spouse were divorced, the former spouse obtained public…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Mitchum v. FosterSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Coogan v. Cincinnati Bar AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Lusk v. McDonoughDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1974
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