Legal Opinion
Spindel v. Spindel
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided April 11, 1968No. 67 C 693PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WEINSTEIN, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a resident of New Mexico, alleges that defendant, a New York resident, fraudulently induced her to marry him and then fraudulently procured a Mexican divorce dissolving their marriage. She seeks $500,000 in compensatory and punitive damages and a declaratory judgment that the Mexican divorce decree is invalid. The jurisdiction of this Court is predicated on the diverse citizenship of the parties. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The defendant moves to dismiss (1) for lack of jurisdiction on the grounds that the case involves “domestic relations” and that…
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