Dunn v. Cometa

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

This case involves claims brought by Thomas Dunn’s father, on behalf of himself and Thomas Dunn, and against Thomas Dunn’s former wife, Ariane Cometa. The claims were dismissed: some under the domestic relations exception to federal court jurisdiction, Ankenbrandt v. Richards, 504 U.S. 689, 703, 112 S.Ct. 2206, 119 L.Ed.2d 468 (1992); others based on Burford abstention, Burford v. Sun Oil Co., 319 U.S. 315, 334, 63 S.Ct. 1098, 87 L.Ed. 1424 (1943); and the remainder because they failed to meet the amount-in-controversy requirement for diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. §…