Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Ruiz v. Texas
Ruiz v. Tex., 450 U.S. 962 (1981)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1981-03-02
- Topic
- bankruptcy
How later courts describe this case
- a testator has no fundamental right to appoint a personal representative
- upholding New Mexico’s proration scheme
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Appeal from Common Ct. at Law No. 1, Hidalgo County, Tex., dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a petition for writ of certiorari, certiorari denied.
Justice Brennan and Justice Stevens would note probable jurisdiction and set case for oral argument.