Delaware v. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin (598 U.S. 115)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided February 28, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 598 U.S. 115 · 143 S. Ct. 696
- Decided
- February 28, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Jackson
- Issue area
- Interstate Relations
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Unspecifiable
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 598 U. S. Part 1 Pages 115–141 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT February 28, 2023 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. OCTOBER TERM, 2022 115 Syllabus DELAWARE v. PENNSYLVANIA et al. on exceptions to reports of special master No. 145, Orig. Argued October 3, 2022—Decided February 28, 2023* A State may take custody of abandoned property located within its bor- ders; this process is commonly known as “escheatment.” When aban- doned property is intangible, however, the lack of a physical location means that multiple States may have arguable claims. In these cases, the question is which States have the right to escheat two fnancial products sold by banks on behalf of MoneyGram: Agent Checks and Teller's Checks (collectively, Disputed Instruments). Operating much like money orders, both products are prepaid fnancial instruments used to transfer funds to a named payee. When these prepaid instruments are not presented for payment within a certain period of time, they are deemed abandoned, and, currently, MoneyGram applies the common-law…
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