Lowe v. Parris
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.

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.
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Sources
Primary materials plus reporting. Best-effort analysis: this explainer relies on a mix of primary materials and trusted secondary sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.