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Civil Procedure Keyed to Field
Hanson v. Denckla
Citation:
357 U.S. 235, 78 S.Ct. 1228
ProfessorBrittany L. Raposa
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Mrs. Dora Browning Donner was a Pennsylvania resident who set up a trust in Delaware, which split her assets among her two daughters, one of whom was Denckla (Defendant), along with the children of her third daughter, Hanson (Plaintiff). After Donner passed away, Denckla filed a lawsuit in Florida, trying to force the Delaware corporation named as the trustee to distribute Donner’s assets only to her and the other daughter, and prevent Hanson’s children from receiving any of Donner’s assets. Hanson filed a separate lawsuit in Delaware, trying to recover the assets for her children. The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to hear the two consolidated cases.
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