Legal Opinion

Edith W. Dorey v. Francis Dorey, Etc., Leo E. Costello, Movant-Appellant

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 15, 1980No. 77-2879PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judge:

Francis and Edith Dorey 1 were married in Massachusetts in 1938. Over a period of more than twenty-five years their marital relationship deteriorated to the extent that in 1965 Mrs. Dorey filed suit in California for separate maintenance. 2 In August, 1966, the California court entered an interlocutory judgment of divorce between the parties which, among other things, ordered Francis Dorey to make certain support payments to Edith Dorey. The California court entered a final judgment of divorce in 1967, and later that year Edith Dorey successfully got the…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. John W. Wilson v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., a New York Corporation and Volkswagenwerk, A. G., a Foreign Corporation, Wolfsburg, Western GermanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
  3. Lynde v. LyndeSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  4. Anthony Fox v. Studebaker-Worthington, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
  5. Lynde v. Lynde; Lynde v. LyndeSupreme Court of the United States · 1900

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Josendis v. Wall to Wall Residence Repairs, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2011
  2. Mrs. Althea ANTHONY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARION COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  3. In Re Plywood Antitrust Litigation. French Quarter Apartments, Ltd. v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, P. C., Movants-Appellees. Willamette Industries, Inc. v. Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, P. C., Movants-Appellees. Lyman Lamb Co. v. Georgia-Pacific CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  4. BankAtlantic v. Blythe Eastman Paine Webber, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
  5. Cooper v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1990

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