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Petters v. Petters

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 11, 1990No. 07-CA-59311PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

560 So.2d 722 (1990)

Joyce PETTERS

v.

William L. PETTERS.

No. 07-CA-59311.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 11, 1990.

Richard Grindstaff, Columbus, for appellant.

No Brief Filed for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

This appeal presents for consideration federal statutory limitations upon this state's jurisdictional authority to adjudge a wife's claim of rights in her non-resident husband's military retirement benefits. In this limited context, we find that by special federal enactment the length of this state's long-arm has been…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Kulko v. Superior Court of Cal., City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. David T. Combs Sarah E. Combs v. James O. Bakker Tammy Faye Bakker Richard DortchCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
  3. Harold Noel Arrowsmith, Jr. v. United Press InternationalCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
  4. Free v. BlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  5. Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. Mississippi Ex Rel. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1988

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3Cited by18 opinions

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  5. Smith v. City of Grand ForksNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991

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