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Jim R. Nash v. Norma Nash, et al.

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Arkansas, No. CV-17-827 · judgment March 13, 2019

Certiorari denied · November 18, 2019

Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

If several states following close versions of Rule 25 (FRCP) have held that judgments without jurisdiction of the decedent are a nullity, and those same state courts and at least two U.S. Circuit Courts have condemned such treatment of the substitution process, does judgment without jurisdiction here violate petitioner's right to due process of law under the Fourteenth Amendment?
The effects of state court judgments can cross many borders. Are we allowing tactics in litigation to circumvent the importance of personal jurisdiction?

For petitioner
J. R. Nash
NASH LAW FIRM

For respondent
Ed Daniel IV
Ed Daniel IV, P.A.

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Nov 18 2019
Petition DENIED.
Oct 30 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
Oct 15 2019
Waiver of right of respondents Norma Nash, et al. to respond filed.
Sep 13 2019
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 18, 2019)