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INTERNATIONAL ASS'N OF MACH. & AERO. WKRS. v. NIX

No. 74-1659.

512 F.2d 125 (1975)

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Franklin W. NIX, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin R. Nix, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

J. R. Goldthwaite, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GEWIN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and NICHOLS, Associate Judge.

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves a crucial issue of federalism: under what circumstances may a federal court enjoin a proceeding in a state court? Our analysis turns on the applicability to the suit before us of the pivotal law in this area, the Anti-Injunction Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2283:

A court of the United States may not grant an injunction to stay proceedings in a State court except as expressly authorized by Act of Congress, or where necessary...

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