Legal Opinion
Lipscomb v. Columbus Municipal Separate School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1998No. 96-60652PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff J. Randolph Lipscomb initiated this class action in federal district court, seeking a declaration as to the validity of certain leases of Mississippi sixteenth section land. In light of the state law issues involved in the case, the district court abstained from decision. We conclude that the district court abused its discretion in declining to exercise its proper jurisdiction.
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In 1816, the United States purchased for $130,000 from the Chickasaw Nation title to land that now comprises parts of northern Alabama and Mississippi.. In 1817,…
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