No. 25-38

Seth Adam Lilly v. Melissa Ann Lilly

Lower Court: Indiana
Docketed: 2025-07-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: contract-clause due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-review settlement-agreement state-courts
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-11-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the refusal of the Indiana state courts to enforce the Petitioner's rights as unambiguously stated in the Settlement Agreement between the parties infringe Petitioner's rights to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment, or the Contract Clause?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Did the refusal of the Indiana state courts to enforce the Petitioner’s rights as unambiguously stated in the Settlement Agreement between the parties infringe Petitioner’s rights to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment, or the Contract Clause? 2. Did the Indiana Court of Appeals’ application of only an abuse of discretion standard of review to the trial judge’s construction of the parties’ contract further erode the protections afforded by these federal constitutional guarantees?

Docket Entries

2025-11-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
2025-09-26
Brief of Melissa Lilly in opposition submitted.
2025-09-26
Brief of respondent Melissa Ann Lilly in opposition filed.
2025-09-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 23, 2025.
2025-09-18
Motion of Melissa Lilly for an extension of time submitted.
2025-09-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 23, 2025 to October 23, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-07-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 23, 2025.
2025-07-22
Motion of Melissa Lilly for an extension of time submitted.
2025-07-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 11, 2025 to September 23, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-07-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 11, 2025)

Attorneys

Melissa Lilly
Bryan Lee CiyouCiyou & Associates, P.C., Respondent
Bryan Lee CiyouCiyou & Associates, P.C., Respondent
Seth Lilly
Michael James ConfusioneHegge & Confusione, Petitioner
Michael James ConfusioneHegge & Confusione, Petitioner