Legal Opinion
Picking v. STATE FINANCE CORPORATION
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided May 6, 1971No. Civ. 70-920PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
In Shakespeare v. Wilson, 40 F.R.D. 500, 502 (S.D.Cal.1966), Judge Irving Hill wrote:
This action * * * is a typical example of the kind of action being filed with increasing frequency under the provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981-1986. Having been defeated in state court proceedings and being unhappy and somewhat humiliated and frustrated by the results of such proceedings, these persons lash out at judges, attorneys, witnesses, court functionaries, newspapers and anyone else in convenient range, terming all of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Bradley v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Omri E. Daniels, Jr., Barge Hiskey and Bentley M. McMullin v. C. Sewell ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1955
- Shakespeare v. WilsonDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1966
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Weiner v. Bank of King of PrussiaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
- Jack E. Turner v. E. T. Raynes and Bill Edd JonesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Joyner v. Abbott LaboratoriesDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1987
- Thiess v. State Administrative Board of Election LawsDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1974
- NCR Credit Corp. v. Underground Camera, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1984
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