Legal Opinion
Richard J. Getty v. Scott Reed, John W. Collis v. Scott Reed
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 8, 1977No. 76-1633, 76-1701PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
This consolidated appeal concerns two cases involving lawyers. One of them, Getty, was disciplined, and the other, Collis, was disbarred in state proceedings in Kentucky. After exhausting state remedies and having certiorari denied by the United States Supreme Court, each filed a civil rights complaint in the United States District Court which was dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Our appellate issues are narrow procedural problems under the three-judge court statute, 28 U.S.C. § 2281 (1970). In the midst of a welter of at least somewhat conflicting case precedent,…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Ex Parte PoreskySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. v. EpsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Herm v. StaffordCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- New Jersey Education Ass'n v. BurkeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- William and Mary Lou Castorr v. John M. BrundageCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- New Jersey Education Association v. Fred G. BurkeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Anton J. Miller v. The Washington State Bar AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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