Souter, Associate Justice (Ret.), Sitting by Designation

This week, the First Circuit issued a decision that combined a psychologist's report, a divorce, and jurisdictional issues.  As Judge Bruce Selya wrote, "This appeal compels us to weave a decisional tapestry from several doctrinal strands that help define the margins of federal-court jurisdiction, including Eleventh Amendment immunity, abstention, and standing."  Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter sat on the unanimous panel.