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OVERMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 76-1997.

563 F.2d 1287 (1977)

Ralph T. OVERMAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Fred Hornkohl and Frances Overman, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 25, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold B. Bamburg, argued and filed appearance, and Kenneth J. Heinz, St. Louis, Mo., on brief, for appellant.

Barry A. Short (former U. S. Atty.) and Joseph B. Moore, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., filed brief, for appellees.

Leonard Schaitman and Harry R. Silver, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., filed appearance form.

Before LAY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and MILLER, Judge.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises important and novel questions concerning the scope of federal jurisdiction over domestic relations cases: It concerns a suit contesting the validity of a prior divorce decree that comes into federal court by removal after a federal employee garnished for alimony and child support obligations sought to enjoin his federal disbursing officer from honoring the garnishment. The district court rejected the plaintiff's motions to...

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