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· 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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