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- SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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- No. 91-367
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- CAROL ANKENBRANDT, as next friend and mother
- of l. r. and s. r., PETITIONER v. JON A. RICHARDS
- and DEBRA KESLER
- on writ of certiorari to the united states court of
- appeals for the fifth circuit
- [June 15, 1992]
-
- Justice Stevens, with whom Justice Thomas joins,
- concurring in the judgment.
- This should be an exceedingly easy case. As demon-
- strated by each of the opinions, whatever belief one holds as
- to the existence, origin, or scope of a -domestic relations
- exception,- the exception does not apply here. However one
- understands 18th-century English chancery practice and
- however one construes the Judiciary Act of 1789, the result
- is the same. The judgment of the Court of Appeals must be
- reversed. For that reason, I would leave for another day
- consideration of whether any domestic relations cases
- necessarily fall outside of the jurisdiction of the federal
-
- courts and of what, if any, principle would justify such an
- exception to federal jurisdiction.
- As I agree that this case does not come within any
- domestic relations exception that might exist, I concur in
- the judgment.
-