· 12/17/1976
Joseph Bossom v. Naomi Bossom and Stanley E. Kooper
Citations
- 551 F.2d 474
- 1976 U.S. App. LEXIS 5783
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a federal court should still decline jurisdiction if the action is “on the verge” of being matrimonial in nature, “when there is no obstacle to a full and fair determination in the state courts”
- reiterating that federal courts lack subject matter jurisdiction over matrimonial actions upon the subject of divorce
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Judges: Kaufman, Friendly, Oakes
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