| 25-6537 |
David T. Everett v. Sarah E. Tharrett, as Successor Trustee of the Roxine Poznich Revocable Trust |
Kansas |
2026-01-09 |
Pending |
IFP |
due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdictional-error meaningful-hearing supremacy-clause trust-law |
I.
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause is satisfied when state courts at three
successive levels either ignore or refuse to rule on… |
| 25-152 |
Paul Mula, Jr. v. Alan Mula, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-08-07 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review civil-procedure fraudulent-concealment inquiry-notice-doctrine rico-statute-of-limitations trust-law |
A panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously held that the RICO limitations period began to run when Petitioner fir… |
| 24-620 |
Jaime H. Pizarro, et al. v. The Home Depot, Inc., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-12-06 |
Dismissed |
CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
burden-shifting causation erisa fiduciary-duty statutory-interpretation trust-law |
Whether burden-shifting applies to the element of causation under ERISA's fiduciary enforcement provisions |
| 22-561 |
Larry J. Winget, et al. v. Alter Domus, LLC |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-12-19 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
article-iii civil-procedure creditor-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction fraudulent-transfer jurisdiction revocable-trust sixth-circuit standing trust-law will-substitute-trust |
Whether a federal court has jurisdiction to annul a revocable, will-substitute trust and replace it with an irrevocable trust |
| 21-713 |
Victor P. Kearney v. Unsecured Creditors Committee, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-11-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-trustee district-court-jurisdiction due-process fiduciary-duty jurisdiction trust-law trustee-appointment |
When does a lower district court have the sole discretion to influence, lead, dictate, supersede, deny, or nullify the jurisdiction of the higher fede… |
| 21-670 |
Gustavo G. Gonzalez, Jr. v. Quality Loan Service Corporation |
California |
2021-11-05 |
Denied |
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corpus corpus-privileges delivered document-execution legal-privileges parchment parchment-document privileges sealed trust-formation trust-law trusts |
What privileges does a trustor of corpus in respect to a trust upon parchment signed, sealed and delivered have? |
| 21-6025 |
Stewart Hines v. Gwendolen Cleopha Nelson |
South Dakota |
2021-10-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure constitutional-due-process court-access due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se-representation standing trust trust-law |
Whether a sole Beneficiary and Trustee can represent that Trust pro se |
| 20-7477 |
Hakimah Jabbar v. James L. Graham, Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-03-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bankruptcy-law circuit-conflict conflict-of-laws due-process fiduciary-duty forfeited-property property-law statutory-interpretation trust-beneficiary trust-law |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Cir. erred in affirming the District Court decision, which directly conflicts with the Appeals Court's own prior… |
| 19-884 |
Rick V. Caldwell, et ux. v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-01-16 |
Denied |
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beneficiary-rights contra-proferentem discretionary-provision erisa fiduciary-duty insurance-policy judicial-deference trust-law |
Does construing ambiguous insurance policy terms against ERISA beneficiaries undermine the purpose of ERISA? |
| 19-440 |
Northern Trust Corporation, et al. v. Lindie L. Banks, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-02 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split class-action covered-securities federal-securities-law fiduciary-duty preemption private-securities-litigation-reform-act securities-fraud securities-litigation securities-litigation-uniform-standards-act statutory-interpretation trust-assets trust-law trustee-misconduct uniform-standards-act |
Does a trust beneficiary's allegations that a trustee used trust assets to buy and sell the trustee's own proprietary securities for the trustee's own… |
| 18-1067 |
Ambac Assurance Corporation v. U.S. Bank National Association |
Minnesota |
2019-02-14 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
constitutional-limits due-process forum-state in-rem-jurisdiction minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction trust trust-law trustee trustee-presence |
Whether a court may exercise in rem jurisdiction over a trust where the trust's primary assets are located outside the forum state |
| 18-530 |
Congregation Jeshuat Israel v. Congregation Shearith Israel |
First Circuit |
2018-10-24 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
charitable-trusts diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine establishment-clause evidence federalism free-exercise free-exercise-clause personal-property property property-dispute religious-liberty secular-evidence trust trust-law |
In ordinary trust and property disputes, does the Establishment Clause preclude courts from considering secular evidence that is relevant and admissib… |