No. 18-938

Ritzen Group, Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-18
Status: Judgment Issued
Type: Paid
Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (3) Experienced Counsel
Tags: 28-usc-158 appellate-jurisdiction automatic-stay bankruptcy bankruptcy-stay circuit-split civil-procedure final-order precedent statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-05-16 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an order denying a motion for relief from the automatic stay is a final order under 28 U.S.C. § 158(a)(1)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether an order denying a motion for relief from the automatic stay is a final order under 28 U.S.C. § 158(a) (1). In diverting from this Court’s prior precedent, and in conflict with the First and Third Circuit Courts of Appeal, the Sixth Circuit ruled that an order denying relief from the automatic stay is per se final.

Docket Entries

2020-02-18
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2020-01-14
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-938_l6gn.pdf'>opinion</a> for a unanimous Court.
2019-11-13
Argued. For petitioner: James K. Lehman, Columbia, S. C. For respondent: Griffin S. Dunham, Nashville, Tenn.; and Vivek Suri, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
2019-11-04
Reply of petitioner Ritzen Group, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2019-10-21
Proposal of respondent to lodge copies of documents in related cases cited in respondent's brief on the merits filed.
2019-10-21
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
2019-10-11
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys filed. (Distributed)
2019-10-11
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
2019-10-11
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
2019-10-04
Brief of respondent Jackson Masonry, LLC filed. (Distributed)
2019-09-18
Record received from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit is electronic.
2019-09-16
Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit.
2019-09-03
CIRCULATED
2019-08-29
Motion to extend the time to file respondent's brief on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including October 4, 2019.
2019-08-23
Motion for an extension of time to file respondents' brief on the merits filed.
2019-08-05
Joint appendix filed.
2019-08-05
Brief of petitioner Ritzen Group, Inc. filed. (October 4, 2019). (Distributed)
2019-08-05
Brief of petitioner Ritzen Group, Inc. filed. (Corrected brief submitted).
2019-07-08
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, November 13, 2019.
2019-06-26
Motion to extend the time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including August 5, 2019.
2019-06-09
Motion of petitioner for an extension of time filed.
2019-05-20
Petition GRANTED.
2019-05-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019.
2019-04-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
2019-04-18
Rule 29.6 Corporate Disclosure Statement filed.
2019-04-17
Reply of petitioner Ritzen Group, Inc. filed.
2019-04-12
Brief of respondent Jackson Masonry, LLC in opposition filed.
2019-03-13
Response Requested. (Due April 12, 2019)
2019-03-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
2019-01-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 19, 2019)

Attorneys

Jackson Masonry, LLC
Griffin S. DunhamDunham Hildebrand, PLLC, Respondent
Griffin S. DunhamDunham Hildebrand, PLLC, Respondent
John I. Harris IIISchulman, LeRoy & Bennett, PC, Respondent
John I. Harris IIISchulman, LeRoy & Bennett, PC, Respondent
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
Craig GoldblattWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Amicus
Craig GoldblattWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Amicus
Ritzen Group, Inc.
Shane Gibson RamseyNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Petitioner
Shane Gibson RamseyNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Petitioner
James LehmanNelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough LLPMeridian, Petitioner
James LehmanNelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough LLPMeridian, Petitioner
RITZEN GROUP, INC.
William C. Wood Jr.Nelson Mullins, et al., Petitioner
William C. Wood Jr.Nelson Mullins, et al., Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Amicus
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Amicus