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S. Bruce Hiran, et al. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Texas, No. 18-1029 · judgment November 2, 2018


Certiorari denied · May 28, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Question presented

Whether Petitioners' due process right was violated when the Supreme Court of Texas summarily denied their petition for writ of mandamus within no time and without providing any reasons for such denial? Whether an order issued by a court that lacked subject matter jurisdiction because the party requesting the relief lacks standing, is a valid order, notwithstanding this Court's holding in Williams v. North Carolina, 325 U.S. 226, 267-68, 65 S. Ct. 1092, 1113 (1945), that a decree rendered by a court without jurisdiction is void? Whether Petitioners were denied equal protection of law and due process of law when the trial court denied Petitioners' request to amend

Counsel of record

For petitioner
S. Bruce Hiran

For respondent
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Case

Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, May 28, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. May 28 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 07 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2019.
  3. Mar 19 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 22, 2019)