Ankenbrandt v. Richards

Ankenbrandt v. Richards
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 15, 1992
Full case name	Ankenbrandt v. Richards
Citations	504 U.S. 689 ( more )
Holding
Notwithstanding the traditional exception to diversity jurisdiction excluding cases between married spouses, federal courts are not required to abstain from hearing money damages suits between those spouses.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices Byron White  · Harry Blackmun John P. Stevens  · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia  · Anthony Kennedy David Souter  · Clarence Thomas
Case opinion
Majority	White, joined by unanimous

Ankenbrandt v. Richards, 504 U.S. 689 (1992), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that, notwithstanding the traditional exception to diversity jurisdiction excluding cases between married spouses, federal courts are not required to abstain from hearing money damages suits between those spouses. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Ankenbrandt v. Richards, 504 U.S. 689 (1992).
2. Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Abstention Doctrine". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 23.

External links

• Text of Ankenbrandt v. Richards, 504 U.S. 689(1992) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia