American Airlines, Inc. v. Marsha Ann Block, Interpleader-Appellee, Robert M. Block, Interpleader-Appellant

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• holding that district court should have abstained from interpleader which intruded impermissibly on state matrimonial jurisdiction in favor of state could which could have exercised interpleader jurisdiction
• holding that court erred in not abstaining from adjudicating dispute over ex-spouse’s maintenance obligations
• holding that federal courts should decline jurisdiction pursuant to the “matrimonial exception” where they are “asked to grant a divorce or annulment, determine support payments, or award custody of a child”
• holding that federal district court should abstain from exercising federal-question jurisdiction of claims in which it is “asked to grant a divorce or annulment, determine support payments, or award custody of a child . . . .”
• holding that federal district court should abstain from exercising its federal-question jurisdiction over claims in which it is “asked to grant a divorce or annulment, determine support payments, or award custody of a child . . . .”
• holding that federal district court should abstain from exercising its federal-question jurisdiction of claims in which it is “asked to grant a divorce or annulment, determine support payments, or award custody of a child . . . .” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)

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