settlement-challenge

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-6812 Niki Hamidi v. Ike M. Iqbal California 2024-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP collusion duty estate estate-protection executor-duty fraud fraud-prevention paternity-claim probate-court settlement settlement-challenge Whether the probate court has a duty to protect an estate against fraud? Whether the probate court has a duty to deny a settlement against an estate …
22-7058 Michael S. Helmstetter v. David Herzog, Trustee, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-03-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP bankruptcy-debtor bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-standing court-valuation debtor-rights due-process settlement-challenge standing supervisory-authority valuation 1. Did lower courts err when they ruled that a bankruptcy debtor did not have standing to object to settlement of his claims against third parties des…