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Ang Jin v. Chen Zhao, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Yetao Jin
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 24-2218 · judgment February 13, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether the court judgment could circumvent appellants’ most important argument: should this case adopt Restatement 2nd which is related to Special representative’s fiduciary liability to other beneficiaries, litigant right of beneficiaries and different law application (foreign law) in distribution?
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Whether Plaintiff was in her capacity to sign Settlement that stipulated distribution law?
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Whether it could exclude the application of principles of Restatement 2nd if signed should it was signed?
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Whether Mississippi Court of Appeal’s ruling in Shortie vs George can be the guidance to this diversity case?
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Whether the refusal to hold an evidentiary hearing violates Due Process law?
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Whether not holding perjurer accountable violates the equal protection rights of law-abiding parties? PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING The parties to the proceeding in the United State Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: Ang Jin, Petitioner Chen Zhao, the Respondent Jian Zhen Li, the Respondent RELATED CASES Federal Court Northern District: Order Case No. 19 cv 2170 # 2025, Apr 23, 2024 Order Case No. 19 cv 6153 (merged) #19, Jun 28, 2024 Order Case No. 19 cv 2170 # 2169, Jun 28, 2024 Federal Court of Appeal for 7th Circuit: Order Case No. 24-2218 # 23, Feb 13, 2025 Order Case No. 23-2219 # 24, Feb 13, 2025 Order Case No. 24-2218 # 28, Apr 2, 2025 Order Case No. 24-2218 # 30, Apr 14, 2025
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Ang Jin
For respondent
Tracy A. Brammeier
Clifford Law Offices PC
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Sep 03 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 12 2025Waiver of right of respondent Chen Zhao, as Personal Representative for the Estate of Yetao Jin to respond filed.
- Mar 11 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 22, 2025)