domestic-relations-exception

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5797 Deandre Arnold v. Tyarielle Patterson Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-22 Denied IFP child-custody-order diversity-jurisdiction domestic-relations-exception emotional-distress judicial-disqualification parental-interference Whether a claim for the intentional infliction of emotional distress concerning parental interference in violation of a state child custody order unde…
23-7607 In Re Kurt A. Benshoof 2024-05-31 Denied IFP civil-rights domestic-relations-exception due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-proceedings parental-rights pro-se-rights unlawful-imprisonment Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided an important federal question regarding domestic relations exception in a way that conflicts with r…
23-767 Shirley Crain v. Lisa Crain, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure divorce-decree domestic-relations domestic-relations-exception federal-jurisdiction property-settlement-agreement state-court-decree state-court-interpretation third-party-beneficiary Federal courts do not hear divorce disputes. That is because our system of federalism retains for the states special expertise in domestic matters. Th…
23A318 Shirley Crain v. Lisa Crain, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-10-12 Presumed Complete breach-of-contract circuit-split divorce-settlement domestic-relations-exception federal-question-jurisdiction third-party-beneficiary Question not identified.
21-548 David J. Zawistowski v. Michael D. Kramer, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-10-13 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1331 28-usc-1332 ankenbrandt-v-richards diversity-jurisdiction domestic-relations domestic-relations-exception federal-question-jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Does the domestic relations exception apply to federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 or is the exception limited to diversity jurisdict…
20-545 Barbara D. Terrell v. John Lewis Renner, II West Virginia 2020-10-26 Denied appellate-procedure civil-rights domestic-relations-exception due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment marital-assets notice privileges-immunities property 1) Whether the customarily recognized domestic relations exception for federal and state jurisdiction applies where a state appellate court of last re…
19-778 Edward A. Weinhaus v. Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied Response Waived circuit-split custody-decrees diversity-jurisdiction domestic-relations-exception federal-question-jurisdiction frivolous-appeal fundamental-rights redress rule-38-sanctions Is There a Domestic-Relations Exception to Federal Question Jurisdiction? Are Rule 38 Sanctions for "frivolous appeal" warranted when the appeal earn…
19-5632 T. A., et al. v. Howard B. Leff, et al. Second Circuit 2019-08-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations domestic-relations-exception due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-immunity quid-pro-quo racketeering rooker-feldman standing sua-sponta-fiduciaries 1. Is it error to impose Judicial immunity, in a 12(b) dismissal, when the pleadings detail that NYS Judge and sua sponta appointed Part 36 Fiduciarie…