March 05, 2021
A Pennsylvania federal judge abstained from a battle between the claimants to a $660 million trust established by members of the Mellon banking and oil dynasty, holding that a state court's experience with the intricacies of the long-running dispute outweighed federal jurisdiction.
September 25, 2020
A federal lawsuit brought against PNC Bank by the estate of late Mellon heiress Jennie Scaife should be dismissed because a state probate court already had jurisdiction over the $660 million trust in dispute, a federal magistrate judge recommended Friday.
April 28, 2020
The estate of Pittsburgh billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife's late daughter says PNC Bank NA and the trustees handling $660 million of the family's money should have split her inheritance from her estranged brother's so she could leave it to charity, in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court.