No. 25-463

Clean Air Car Service & Parking Branch Three, LLC v. Clean Air Car Service & Parking Branch Two, LLC, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-16
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-sale good-faith-purchaser rooker-feldman subject-matter-jurisdiction ucc-sale
Key Terms:
JusticiabilityDoctri Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Bankruptcy Court has subject matter jurisdiction over a bankruptcy petition when an independent claim challenges the managing member's authority, and whether such a claim defeats a buyer's good-faith purchaser status under 11 U.S.C. § 363(m)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

There are two issues presented for review : (1) whether the Bankruptcy Court has subject matter jurisdiction over a bankruptcy petition under 28 U.S.C. § 157 and 28 U.S.C. § 1334, filed by an allegedly managing member on behalf of a bankruptcy debtor, while the petitioners raised an independent claim under the Rooker -Feldman doctrine and 28 U.S.C. § 1738 that the alleged managing member is a bad -faith transferee under U.C.C. § 9 -617 and its Official Comments in a U.C.C. Article 9 sale; and (2) if so, whether the independent claim disputing the ownership of the bankruptcy debtor constitutes an adverse claim sufficient to defeat a buyer ’ good -faith purchaser status under 11 U.S.C. § 363(m) in a bankruptcy sale for the bankruptcy debtor’s property.

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-11-30
2025-11-30
Reply of petitioner Clean Air Car Service & Parking Branch Three, LLC filed. (Distributed)
2025-11-17
Brief of Clean Air Car Serv. & Parking Branch Two LLC, et al. in opposition submitted.
2025-11-17
Brief of respondents Clean Air Car Serv. & Parking Branch Two LLC, et al. in opposition filed.
2025-11-17
Brief of respondents Clean Air Car Service & Parking Branch Two, LLC, et al. in opposition filed.
2025-09-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 17, 2025)

Attorneys

Clean Air Car Serv. & Parking Branch Three LLC
Joe Zhenghong ZhouLaw Offices of Joe Zhenghong Zhou & Associates, Petitioner
Joe Zhenghong ZhouLaw Offices of Joe Zhenghong Zhou & Associates, Petitioner
Joe Zhenghong ZhouLaw Offices of Joe Zhenghong Zhou & Associates, Petitioner
Clean Air Car Serv. & Parking Branch Two LLC, et al.
Jay Samuel Hellman — Respondent
Jay Samuel Hellman — Respondent