SIEMENS USA HOLDINGS INC. v. GEISENBERGER

No. 20-2991.

17 F.4th 393 (2021)

SIEMENS USA HOLDINGS INC; Siemens Industry Inc, Appellants v. Richard J. GEISENBERGER, in his capacity as the Secretary of Finance for the State of Delaware; Brenda Mayrack, in her capacity as the Delaware State Escheator; Michelle M. Sullivan, in her capacity as the Assistant Director of the Office of Unclaimed Property; State of Delaware.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: October 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Green-Kelly [ARGUED], Reed Smith, 10 S. Wacker Drive — 40th Fl., Chicago, IL 60606, R. Eric Hutz , Reed Smith, 1201 Market Street — Ste. 1500, Wilmington, DE 19801, Counsel for Appellant.

Mary F. Dugan [ARGUED], Martin S. Lessner , Melanie K. Sharp , Robert M. Vrana , Young Conaway Startatt & Taylor, 1000 N. King Street, Wilmington, DE 19801, Counsel for Appellee.

Before: CHAGARES, JORDAN, and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

This appeal centers on the law of escheat, under which a citizen's abandoned property may end up in a sovereign's treasury. Delaware's Unclaimed Property Law ("UPL"), Del. Code Ann. tit. 12, § 1101 et seq., allows the state to escheat certain

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