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Lowe v. Parris

Updated Sep 20, 2026

In brief

The Supreme Court declined to hear Lowe’s case and left the Tennessee courts’ rulings in place without deciding the legal questions.

Where it stands
Decided

Decided · May 4, 2020

What it’s about
The Supreme Court denied Lowe’s petition for review, leaving the Tennessee courts’ rulings in place.
Who it affects
The order left the Tennessee courts’ rulings in place for Lowe, but gave no Supreme Court answer on his due-process or trial-court-authority claims.

Summary: written with AI from the case record.

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What it's about

The petition claimed that Tennessee courts violated due process by not addressing whether the trial court had subject-matter jurisdiction over Lowe’s requested extraordinary and equitable relief.

The underlying dispute also concerned how Tennessee law applied to a document titled Estate of Asata Dia Lowe.

Question presented

Does the Petitioner have a property interest in (1) Rule 13 and 36 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure and the (2) Right to relief secured by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; and was the Petitioner denied these rights, without due process of law, when the Tennessee Court’s were silent on the issue of “Did the trial court/judge have subject matter jurisdiction to provide prospective and equitable relief on the Procedural and Substantive Due Process Claims in the Complaint for Extraordinary Process and the construction the written instrument titled Estate of Asata Dia Lowe pursuant to T.C.A. § 29-1-101 et. seq., T.C.A. § 16-1-101 et. seq., Article VI § lof the Tennessee Constitution, T.C.A. § 17-1-201 et. seq., T.C.A. 29-21-101 et. seq., and T.C.A. § 66-1-101 et. seq?”?

What the Court decided

Holding

Petition DENIED.

What's next

The Supreme Court’s docket action is finished. Its order leaves the legal questions undecided.

Documents

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Sources

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