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T. SMITH & SON, INC. v. WILLIAMS

No. 17959.

275 F.2d 397 (1960)

T. SMITH & SON, INC., Appellant, v. Frank WILLIAMS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 17, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edw. J. Boyle, Dudley A. Philips, Jr., Clem H. Sehrt, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Max Zelden, Sam Monk Zelden, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

This action involves Section 2283 of the Judicial Code, 28 U.S.C.A. § 2283 restricting the power of federal courts to enjoin state court proceedings. The subject matter of the action, compensation to a waterfront worker, is a sore spot in federal-state relations. The question for decision is whether a federal court may enjoin compensation proceedings brought by a longshoreman against his employer in a state court under a state act when...

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