Case Name: Howard RUDOLPH and Linda Magoon Rudolph, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dr. Sandra ROBINSON, Ben Meyers, et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1989-03-01
Citations: 866 F.2d 797
Docket Number: No. 88-3384
Parties: Howard RUDOLPH and Linda Magoon Rudolph, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dr. Sandra ROBINSON, Ben Meyers, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before GEE, WILLIAMS, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 866
Pages: 797–798

Head Matter:
Howard RUDOLPH and Linda Magoon Rudolph, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dr. Sandra ROBINSON, Ben Meyers, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 88-3384.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
March 1, 1989.
Johnnie A. Jones, Jr., Jones & Jones, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.
Roy A. Mongrue, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Louisiana Dept, of Justice, Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellees.
Before GEE, WILLIAMS, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Good cause existed for setting aside the default in this case involving the welfare of small children, and the trial judge properly-abstained from exercising jurisdiction in factual circumstances all but identical to those presented in Moore v. Sims, 442 U.S. 415, 99 S.Ct. 2371, 60 L.Ed.2d 994 (1979).
AFFIRMED.