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Manson v. Shepherd

Attorney's Fees, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a trustee's petition for settlement of first account and report and approval of attorney's fees over the objection of her deceased husband's four...

Araiza v. Younkin

Probate, Trusts & Estates
Trial court's order confirming ownership of a savings account to a lawyer, as successor trustee of a living trust, and naming the lawyer's mother the...

Weinberger v. Morris

Probate, Trusts & Estates
In plaintiff's claims regarding the construction of his deceased mother's trust instrument against the trustee and others, an order finding the...

Griffin v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's grant of his ex-attorney's motion to intervene and judgment in favor of intervenor granting imposition...

Estate of Cairns

Evidence, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In trustees' probate petition proceeding, the court's interpretation of a provision known as the "five-or-five" provision, for annual distribution of...

Uzyel v. Kadisha

Attorney's Fees, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Remedies
In beneficiaries' suit against a trustee for breach of trust, trial court's judgment is affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded where: 1)...

People v. Fenderson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Probate, Trusts & Estates
Conviction of defendant for grand theft and second-degree commercial burglary for removing over $300,000 from an elderly woman's bank account shortly...

Austin v. Simpson

Government Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
Probate court's conclusion that certain gifts given by the decedent to his former wife's daughter were valid is affirmed where: 1) substantial...

Henry E. & Nancy Horton Bartels Trust for the Benefit of Cornell Univ. v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a university trusts' tax refund suit, the Court of Federal Claims' denial of its claim is affirmed as the securities purchased on margin by...

Favila v. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In an executor's suit against defendant for conversion, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud in connection with the sale of decedent's company, trial...