Legal Opinion
Oliver v. Hines
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided May 1, 2013No. Case No. 1:12cv1032PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
T.S. ELLIS, III, District Judge.
A1 issue in this diversity suit to invalidate an inter vivos trust is whether the judicially-created probate exception to federal courts’ “virtually unflagging obligation ... to exercise the jurisdiction given them”1 operates to require dismissal of this suit. It does not. By Order dated March 5, 2013, dismissal on this ground was denied, and this memorandum opinion elucidates the reasons for that ruling.
I.2
Plaintiff Jane Williams Oliver, a citizen of New Jersey, is the daughter — and only living child — of Colonel William P. Oliver, Jr.,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Cohens v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
- Ankenbrandt Ex Rel. L. R. v. RichardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Marshall v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Markham v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Mulcahey v. Columbia Organic Chemicals Company, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by5 opinions
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