Ankenbrandt v. Richards

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|Litigants=Ankenbrandt v. Richards

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|DecideDate=June 15

|DecideYear=1992

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|USVol=504

|USPage=689

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|Holding=Notwithstanding the traditional exception to diversity jurisdiction excluding cases between married spouses, federal courts are not required to abstain from hearing money damages suits between those spouses.

|Majority=White

|JoinMajority=unanimous

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Ankenbrandt v. Richards, 504 U.S. 689 (1992), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that, notwithstanding the traditional exception to diversity jurisdiction excluding cases between married spouses, federal courts are not required to abstain from hearing money damages suits between those spouses.{{ussc|name=Ankenbrandt v. Richards|volume=504|page=689|year=1992}}.{{Cite book |last=Lieberman |first=Jethro K. |title=A Practical Companion to the Constitution |year=1999 |pages=23|chapter=Abstention Doctrine}}