Legal Opinion
Clay L. Shaw v. Jim Garrison, Individually, and as District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 20, 1972No. 71-2422PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
In this case the district court found that Jim Garrison, District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans, Louisiana, in bad faith and for purposes of harassment brought a criminal prosecution for perjury against Clay Shaw. 328 F.Supp. 390 (1971). The court found that the prosecution would cause great and irreparable injury to Shaw and enjoined the district attorney and his staff “from further prosecution of the pending criminal action”. 328 F.Supp. at 404. We affirm: the findings were not clearly erroneous; they meet the “special circumstances” requirements of Younger v.…
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