LANNAN v. MAUL

No. 91-3249.

979 F.2d 627 (1992)

John P. LANNAN, as Conservator for the Estate of Ashley JoAnne Brewer, a Minor, Appellant, v. Thomas M. MAUL, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Thomas Eugene Brewer; Wayne Grachek, as Trustee of the Thomas Eugene Brewer Testamentary Trust, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Kevin Green, Omaha, Neb., argued for appellant.

Clark John Grant, Columbus, Neb., argued for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and EISELE, Senior District Judge.


McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

John P. Lannan, as the conservator for the Estate of Ashley JoAnne Brewer, a minor, appeals from a final order entered in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska dismissing his breach of contract action for lack of jurisdiction. The district court held that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction because the case fell within the "domestic relations exception" to diversity jurisdiction. Lannan v. Maul, Civ. No. 8...

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