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Unknown Heirs, et al. v. Howard Reiner, as Permanent Dependent Administrator for the Estate of Beda Garcia Barnett, Deceased
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth District, No. 05-22-00538-CV · judgment January 24, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Did the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeal’s decision so grossly depart from the accepted and usual course of Texas law, or sanctioned such a departure by the probate court, that it requires the U.S. Supreme Court to exercise its supervisory power?
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Is there a substantial conflict between Texas lower courts and federal court decisions in applying Obergefell v. Hodges such that certiorari is necessary to correct this error?
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Does the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeal’s decision affect an important federal question and create a substantial conflict with relevant decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court and Texas State courts’ decisions such that certiorari is necessary to correct this error?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Kathy Elizabeth Roux
Law Office of Kathy Roux
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 21 2025Petition DENIED.
- Dec 31 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.
- Oct 24 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 12, 2024)