No. 20-1254

Padma Rao v. Midland Trust Company

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2021-03-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-procedure due-process legatee probate probate-estate property-rights standing survival-act wrongful-death
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-05-13
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Petitioner daughter and legatee of the deceased in a probate estate has any standing under the Due Process Clause to protect her property rights by objecting to an improper settlement by the estate administrator of a civil action for both: 1) a wrongful death claim for which the Petitioner is a true party in interest; and 2) a Survival Act claim on behalf of the estate where Petitioner is a fifty-percent legatee under the will.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Petitioner daughter and legatee of the deceased in a probate estate has any standing under the Due Process Clause to protect her property rights

Docket Entries

2021-08-02
Rehearing DENIED.
2021-07-08
DISTRIBUTED.
2021-06-11
2021-05-17
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
2021-04-22
Reply of petitioner Padma Rao filed. (Distributed)
2021-04-08
Brief of respondent Midland Trust Company in opposition filed.
2021-03-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 9, 2021)

Attorneys

Midland Trust Company
Mark R. SinglerFMS Law Group LLC, Respondent
Padma Rao
Michael Anthony SteigmannLaw Office of Michael Steigmann, Petitioner