Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Jaquez
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 10, 1997No. 96-1426PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN C. PORFILIO, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the question of whether the United States District Court of the District of Colorado properly abstained from enforcing a judgment entered in a federal quiet title action because of pending state court litigation over the rights of individuals challenging appellants’ interest in the land. We conclude these circumstances require abstention by federal courts and affirm the judgment of dismissal.
I. BACKGROUND
In the beginning, the 77,524 acre Taylor Ranch was part of an 1844 grant of a million acres of land bestowed by the Mexican governor of…
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