Atwood v. Fort Peck Tribal Court Assiniboine

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• holding that the domestic relations exception does not apply in non‐diversity cases
• holding the domestic relations exception does not apply in cases over which a court has federal question jurisdiction
• noting that exhaustion of tribal court remedies in a custody dispute was not excused because “[a]lthough the rights of non-member Plaintiff are affected, it is not clear that that fact alone would strip the Tribal Court of jurisdiction”
• “We hold that the ‘domestic relations exception’ . . . applies only to the diversity jurisdiction statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1332 . . . .”
• the domestic relations exception applies only to the diversity jurisdiction statute, not cases based on federal question jurisdiction
• concerning exhaustion of tribal court remedies

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