No. 20-1254
Padma Rao v. Midland Trust Company
Tags: civil-procedure due-process legatee probate probate-estate property-rights standing survival-act wrongful-death
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
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
Petition for Rehearing filed.
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. Singler — FMS Law Group LLC, Respondent
Padma Rao
Michael Anthony Steigmann — Law Office of Michael Steigmann, Petitioner