United States Third Circuit
Matusow v. Trans-County Title Agency, LLC, 07-2148
In a suit arising from a property settlement agreement in a divorce, dismissal for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction is reversed and remanded where: 1) the "domestic relations" exception to diversity jurisdiction did not apply to strip the federal courts of jurisdiction; and 2) the district court could not opt to abstain from exercising its jurisdiction.
Appellate Information
- Decided 10/16/2008
- Published 10/16/2008
Judges
- Before: McKEE, RENDELL and TASHIMA , Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Third Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- James R. Radmore, Law Office of James R. Radmore, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant., Arthur C. Linderman, Hackensack, NJ, Attorney Pro Se.
- For Appellees:
- Rajan Patel, Chestnut Ridge, NY, for Appellees Trans-County Title Agency, LLC and Jun Chan Kim., Thomas Quirico, Hackensack, NJ, for Appellee Bergen County Sheriff., Lyle Rosenbaum, Cliffside Park, NJ, Appellee Pro Se., Rose Rosenbaum, Coconut Creek, FL, Appellee Pro Se.