Legal Opinion
Dummar v. Lummis
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 12, 2008No. 07-4062PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTZ, Circuit Judge.
This case, like several before it (as well as a few books and an Academy Award winning film), 1 concerns the estate of the late billionaire Howard Hughes. Plaintiff Melvin Dummar has long maintained that he is entitled to a portion of the Hughes fortune, having been named an heir in a handwritten document (the Holographic Will) purporting to be Hughes’s will. A Nevada jury found the Holographic Will invalid in 1978. But Mr. Dummar filed a new suit in the United States District Court for, the District of Utah in 2006, alleging, that Defendants William Rice Lummis and Frank…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley-Duff & Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Rotella v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Klehr v. A. O. Smith Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1997
16 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by34 opinions
- Jay E. Hayden Foundation v. First Neighbor Bank, N.A.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
- Knight v. Mooring Capital Fund, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2014
- Anderson Living Trust v. WPX Energy Production, LLCDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 2014
- Elwell v. ByersCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2012
- Hughes v. Colorado Department of CorrectionsDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 2009
29 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.