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Richard A. Van Auken, as Trustee and Beneficiary v. Fletcher R. Catron, et al.
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of New Mexico, No. A-1-CA-35704 · judgment September 11, 2019
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether, after eighteen years of litigation and multiple requests for a final judicial determination of langauge in a six-page express trust contract, the refusal of New Mexico State Courts to provide such a final determination of trust contract meaning and effect, a fact central to proving claims of fraudulent and deceitful taking of family property held in trust, represents judicial denial of due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Richard A. Van Auken
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Dec 07 2020Rehearing DENIED.
- Nov 10 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
- Oct 30 2020Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Oct 05 2020Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by The Center for Estate Administration Reform, et al. GRANTED.
- Oct 05 2020Petition DENIED.
- Jul 22 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
- Jul 06 2020Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by The Center for Estate Administration Reform, et al.
- Jun 01 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 6, 2020)