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Matter of Estate of Marcos

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided September 16, 1998No. 20885PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NAKAYAMA, Justice.

This case arises out of several attempts by petitioner-appellant Irene L. Silverman and the Golden Budha Corporation (GBC) to open probate proceedings for the Estate of Ferdinand E. Marcos (Marcos Estate) in Ha-wai'i following Marcos’s death on September 29,1989.

In 1995, GBC, as a creditor of the Marcos Estate, petitioned the circuit court for: (1) an adjudication of intestacy; (2) the opening of probate proceedings; and (3) the appointment of Silverman, a prominent Los Angeles probate lawyer, as personal representative of the Marcos Estate. The circuit court denied the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Maximo HILAO, Class Plaintiffs, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ESTATE OF Ferdinand MARCOS, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
  3. Tabieros v. Clark Equipment Co.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Dan v. StateHawaii Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Furukawa v. Honolulu Zoological SocietyHawaii Supreme Court · 1997

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Roxas v. MarcosHawaii Supreme Court · 1998
  2. Robert's Hawaii School Bus, Inc. v. Laupahoehoe Transportation Co.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Bank of Hawaii v. KunimotoHawaii Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Stender v. VincentHawaii Supreme Court · 2000
  5. State v. AdamHawaii Supreme Court · 2002

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