FRYE v. CROWELL


563 S.W.2d 788 (1978)

Frances Jeanette FRYE, Individually and as next friend for James William Reed, a minor, Appellants, v. Judge Joseph M. CROWELL and James Morris Reed, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Meldorf, Chattanooga, for appellants.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Joe Belitzky, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., Larry H. Hipsh, Sr., Pensacola, Fla., for appellees.


OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This suit, presenting an interstate dispute involving custody of the minor child of divorced parents, is brought under both the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 et seq., and under "the laws of the State of Tennessee." Plaintiffs, the mother and her minor child, seek to enjoin the defendants, Joseph M. Crowell, a judge of the Circuit Court of Escambia County, Florida, and James Morris Reed, the child's father...

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