Kristine Sandoz Allen Eric S. Sandoz v. Sheryl Ann Hall Daniel Hall

FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge.

Kristine Sandoz Allen and Eric S. Sandoz (collectively Sandoz) brought this tort action against Sheryl Ann Hall and Daniel Hall for intentional interference with prospective inheritance, a tort which the Oregon courts have not yet embraced or rejected. The district court dismissed on the ground that the Supreme Court of Oregon would not recognize the tort.

The complaint alleged: that the Sandozes had an expectancy to inherit from their uncle, Gregory Putman; that the Hills intentionally interfered with that expectancy; that the Hills did so by the most egregious of…