Legal Opinion

Sutton v. Leib

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 3, 1952No. 143Published

1Opinion of the Court 1

342 U.S. 402 (1952)

SUTTON

v.

LEIB.

No. 143.

Supreme Court of United States.

Submitted December 3, 1951.

Decided March 3, 1952.

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT.

John Alan Appleman and Edward D. Bolton submitted on brief for petitioner.

A. M. Fitzgerald submitted on brief for respondent.

2Opinion of the Court · ReedJustice Reed

By reason of a divorce in an Illinois state court, with a judgment for monthly installments of alimony until remarriage, petitioner asserts that her divorced husband, the respondent Leib, is liable for unpaid installments of alimony. Asserting diversity jurisdiction, petitioner, a…

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  2. Milliken v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  4. Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  5. Meredith v. Winter HavenSupreme Court of the United States · 1943

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