Legal Opinion
Michael Wallace v. Claire Wallace
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 20, 2013No. 12-3912PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Chief Judge.
Collateral to an ongoing divorce proceeding in Missouri state court, Michael Wallace filed an identity theft tort claim in federal court under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 570.223 against his wife, Claire Wallace, and alleged diversity jurisdiction, see 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1). Michael asserted that during their marriage Claire stole his identity and “surreptitiously open[ed] multiple credit cards in [his] name.” Noting the Wallaces’ pending state divorce proceeding, the district court 1 dismissed the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the domestic relations exception to…
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