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123912P.pdf 11/20/2013 Michael Wallace v. Claire Wallace
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-3912
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Cape Girardeau
[PUBLISHED] [Chief Judge Riley, Author, with Bye and Gruender, Circuit
Judges]
Civil Case - diversity. District court did not err in dismissing identity
theft tort claim in federal court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
under the domestic relations exception to federal jurisdiction brought by
husband against his wife during pending state divorce proceedings, as the
federal suit was inextricably intertwined with the state domestic
proceeding. The federal suit would undermine the judgment of the state
court and could effectively nullify part of the divorce court's judgment
based on the same conduct.