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PARSONS STEEL, INC. v. FIRST ALABAMA BANK

No. 84-1616.

474 U.S. 518 (1986)

PARSONS STEEL, INC., ET AL. v. FIRST ALABAMA BANK ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 27, 1986

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Wilson argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was James Jerry Wood.

M. Roland Nachman, Jr., argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was James A. Byram, Jr.

JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Full Faith and Credit Act, 28 U. S. C. § 1738, requires federal courts as well as state courts to give state judicial proceedings "the same full faith and credit . . . as they have by law or usage in the courts of such State . . . from which they are taken." The Anti-Injunction Act, 28 U. S. C. § 2283, generally prohibits a federal court from granting an injunction to stay proceedings in a state court...

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