trust-interpretation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A316 Patricia M. Cornell v. Ann Cornell California 2025-09-18 Application beneficiary-rights due-process life-estate property-rights trust-interpretation trustee-actions Whether a state court's interpretation of a trust instrument that allegedly deprives a beneficiary of a life estate and right of occupancy violates du…
24A489 Bernice Rutland v. Regions Bank, as Trustee for the William Hunter Rutland Family Trust Mississippi 2024-11-15 Presumed Complete divorce-decree evidence-rules judicial-notice property-settlement summary-judgment trust-interpretation Whether a trial court may improperly use judicial notice and unadjudicated attorney correspondence to modify a prior unappealable divorce decree and p…