A special master overseeing Delaware’s escheat rights case before the U.S. Supreme Court has sided against the state, finding unclaimed traveler’s checks qualify as property that should default to the state where it was purchased.
Delaware has said that it should be able to default unclaimed checks issued by MoneyGram, which is incorporated in the state. But other state governments say that default rights should not be controlled by that factor.
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