WILKINS v. ROGERS

Nos. 77-1588, 77-1938.

581 F.2d 399 (1978)

Chilton M. WILKINS, Appellant, v. Beverly W. ROGERS, Nathan Rosen, Carl Knight, Louis Rosen, Harry M. Lightsey, Sr., L. Marion Gressette, Clyde A. Eltzroth, John Hamilton Smith, Sidney B. Jones, Jr. and Barbara Waring, Appellees. Beverly W. ROGERS, Appellee, v. Chilton M. ROGERS (now Wilkins), Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 2, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Y. Wilkins, Winston-Salem, N. C., for appellant in 77-1588 and 77-1938.

Bill R. Craig, Hartsville, S. C. (Floyd & Craig, Hartsville, S. C., on brief), for appellant in 77-1938.

Michael R. Geeson, Jr., Winston-Salem, N. C., on brief, for appellant in 77-1588.

Ellison D. Smith, IV, Charleston, S. C., for appellees Nathan Rosen, Beverly W. Rogers, Sidney B. Jones, Jr., Barbara Waring and John Hamilton Smith.

Katherine W. Hill, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbia, S. C., for appellees Clyde A. Eltzroth and Louis Rosen.

Lawrence M. Gressette, Jr., St. Matthews, S. C., on brief, for appellee L. Marion Gressette.

F. Lee Prickett, Jr., St. Matthews, S. C., on brief, for appellee L. Marion Gressette and appellee in 77-1938.

Thomas E. McClutchen and Herbert W. Hamilton, Columbia, S. C. on brief, for appellee Harry M. Lightsey, Sr.

L. Marion Gressette, Gressette & Gressette, St. Matthews, S. C., on brief, for appellee in 77-1938.

Before WIDENER and HALL, Circuit Judges, and HOFFMAN, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

These appeals arise from six years of litigation in the courts of South Carolina between Chilton M. Rogers Wilkins and her former husband, Beverly W. Rogers. Wilkins alleges that Rogers, three members of the South Carolina judiciary, four private attorneys, a county sheriff, and a former friend have conspired to defraud her and deprive her of property. Eight issues are presented for review, including the scope of federal jurisdiction over domestic relations...

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