No. 22-744

Joseph C. Sheehan v. Breccia Unlimited Company, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-02-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: automatic-stay bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-jurisdiction circuit-split debtor-property in-rem-jurisdiction international-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction property-estate
Key Terms:
Takings
Latest Conference: 2023-04-14
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the United States Bankruptcy Code's grant of world-wide jurisdiction over a debtor's property permits a federal court to exercise in rem jurisdiction over property of a bankruptcy estate and enforce the automatic stay with respect to a party interfering with a debtor's property outside of the United States, even where in personam jurisdiction over such party may not otherwise exist?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the United States Bankruptcy Code’s grant of world-wide jurisdiction over a debtor’s property permits a federal court to exercise in rem jurisdiction over property of a bankruptcy estate and enforce the automatic stay with respect to a party interfering with a debtor’s property outside of the United States, even where in personam jurisdiction over such party may not otherwise exist?

Docket Entries

2023-04-17
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
2023-02-06
2022-11-23
Application (22A456) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until February 4, 2023.
2022-11-18
Application (22A456) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 6, 2022 to February 4, 2023, submitted to Justice Barrett.

Attorneys

Joseph C. Sheehan
Peter M. FriedmanO'Melveny and Myers LLP, Petitioner