Legal Opinion
Irish v. Irish
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 14, 2016No. 16-1053PPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal comes to us from the district court’s award of damages to Dawn Irish arising out of her 2010 divorce in Massachusetts from Craig Irish and the Separation Agreement filed in their divorce proceeding. After the divorce, Dawn brought suit in federal court, rather than state court, arguing that Craig did not fully disclose his assets or deal in good faith during the negotiation of their Separation Agreement. The federal court exercised jurisdiction over those claims.
We do not reach Craig’s challenges to the merits of the district court’s decision because we hold…
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- Andrews v. AndrewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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