Supreme Court of the United States

Marshall v. Marshall — Stevens, J., concurring

May 1, 2006547 U.S. 293

Summary

Justice Stevens concurred in part and in the judgment, arguing that no "probate exception" should oust federal courts from jurisdiction they otherwise possess. He criticized the majority's reliance on dicta from Markham v. Allen and suggested that general jurisdictional rules already cabin federal court authority sufficiently.