wills
2 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19-410 | In Re Richard J. Fields | 2019-09-26 | Denied | Relisted (2) | civil-procedure civil-rights due-process estate-distribution fraud judicial-discretion legal-ethics mental-health probate probate-procedure standing testamentary-capacity will-forgery wills witness-testimony | This case relates to a 9 million dollar estate of a 96 year old blind man and his family which had three mental patients. Within one hour Judge Rita M… | |
| 18-1281 | Hayes B. Milliman v. Timothy L. Randall | California | 2019-04-08 | Denied | Relisted (2) | bankruptcy bankruptcy-law congressional-intent constitutional-interpretation diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction federal-question markham-v-allen probate-exception state-probate-court trust trusts wills | What is the scope of the probate exception to federal jurisdiction? Did Congress intend the probate exception to apply where a federal court is not a… |