Legal Opinion
Russell A. Firestone, III and Myrna Odell Firestone v. The Cleveland Trust Company and Russell A. Firestone, Jr., Defendants
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 30, 1981No. 79-3684PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves yet another effort to confer domestic relations jurisdiction upon the federal courts. The district court dismissed 1 on the ground that as a general rule federal courts will not entertain matters involving domestic relations even though diversity of citizenship exists. We affirm.
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This ongoing domestic relations dispute began when Myrna Odell Firestone obtained a divorce from Russell A. Firestone, Jr., in a Florida state court in 1974. The 1974 divorce decree spawned further litigation between Myrna and Russell Firestone, Jr., in the Florida…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Nathaniel Denman v. James K. LeedyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- Buechold v. OrtizCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
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