Legal Opinion
Wyly v. Weiss
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 10, 2012No. Docket 10-4785-cvPublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
In this action under the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, 2 and the Anti-Injunction Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2283, 3 we consider whether, following the approval of a federal class action settlement, the District Court properly enjoined a state court action for legal malpractice directed at counsel for the plaintiff class for advocating the settlement. We hold that the “in aid of jurisdiction” exception to the Anti-Injunction Act cannot form the basis for the District Court’s injunction of the state court action, as the limited circumstances in which the injunction of…
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