FLANAGAN v. ARNAIZ

No. 96-16694.

143 F.3d 540 (1998)

Bruce FLANAGAN; Joan Flanagan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Howard ARNAIZ; Helen Rae Byrnes; Patricia A. Carson; Clyde C. Cournale; Roy M. Guinnane; Sidney Lewin; Smith Ketchum, III; Joseph Moore; Shirley Talbot, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Flanagan, Tracy, California, for plaintiff-appellant Joan Flanagan.

Philip W. Coyle, Truckee, California, for plaintiff-appellant Bruce Flanagan.

William M. Goodman, Topel & Goodman, San Francisco, California, for defendants-appellees Howard Arnaiz, Clyde Cournale, and Roy Guinnane.

Bruce M. Lubarsky, Jackson & Lubarsky, San Mateo, California, for defendants-appellees Sidney M. Lewin, Joseph Moore, and Shirley Talbot.

Joel K. Belway (briefed), San Rafael, California, for defendant-appellee Smith A. Ketchum, III.

Before: PREGERSON, NOONAN and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.


KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

The issue in this case is whether a federal district judge could properly enjoin state proceedings, where settlement of a lawsuit in federal court had included express retention of jurisdiction to resolve disputes arising under the settlement agreement.

FACTS

The facts in this case are exceedingly complicated. But the law is clear, and application of the law to the facts is equally clear. The district judge was rightfully...

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