In this installment of UP Ahead, Kendall Houghton and Michael Giovannini talk to Tax Notes State senior editor Doug Sheppard about the consolidated U.S. Supreme Court cases of Delaware v. Pennsylvania and Arkansas v. Delaware, in which Delaware lost its dispute with 30 states over unclaimed MoneyGram agent checks and teller’s checks.
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March 20, 2023
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General Publications March 7, 2023“Justices’ MoneyGram Opinion Could Spur State Legislation,” Law360, March 7, 2023.This article explores the implications of the recent U.S. Supreme Court opinion in the MoneyGram case and how it might lead to new state unclaimed property legislation.
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General Publications October 31, 2022“Justices Poised to Reject Narrowing Unclaimed Property Law,” Law360, October 31, 2022.Unclaimed property took center stage on the first day of the U.S. Supreme Court term when the court heard the long-awaited oral arguments in the consolidated cases of Delaware v. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and Arkansas v. Delaware — commonly referred to as the MoneyGram case. This article discusses why the U.S. Supreme Court’s oral arguments in the bellwether MoneyGram unclaimed property case will likely lead to them deciding for the petitioners.
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In the News October 27, 2022Bloomberg Tax | MoneyGram Special Master Swaps Stance After SCOTUS ArgumentKendall Houghton is quoted on the uncertainty created by the MoneyGram unclaimed property dispute special master who changed his stance on the case after reading the transcripts of the recent U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments.
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