United States Eighth Circuit

In proceedings arising from a Georgia state court action which involved claims which could have been but were not brought in a prior federal suit, a decision declining to enjoin the state law claims is affirmed as, under applicable Supreme Court precedent, there was no error in a holding that the relitigation exception to the Anti-Injunction Act is limited to claims actually litigated in the federal action and does not encompass the full scope of the doctrine of res judicata.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/06/2007
• Published 08/06/2007

Judges

• BYE, Circuit Judge., Before BYE, BRIGHT, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Donald M. Lewis of Minneapolis, MN.  Matthew E. Johnson of Minneapolis appeared on the brief.


• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Karen Brown Kepler of Minneapolis, MN.  Corey L. Gordon and Jerry W. Blackwell of Minneapolis, MN appeared on the brief.