| 25-1136 |
Svenhard’s Swedish Bakery v. Bakery and Confectionary Union and Industry International Pension Fund |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-03-30 |
Pending |
|
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court-approval chapter-11-bankruptcy contract-assumption debt-financing executory-contracts |
This case concerns the interpretation of a bankruptcy statute. Subject to the bankruptcy court's approval, debtors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy may genera… |
| 25-1089 |
Fairfield Sentry Ltd., et al. v. Citibank NA London, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2026-03-17 |
Pending |
|
bankruptcy-code chapter-15 extraterritorial-application foreign-liquidators ponzi-scheme securities-safe-harbor |
Whether the Bankruptcy Code's safe harbor for securities settlement payments, 11 U.S.C. §546(e), applies extraterritorially to prevent foreign liquida… |
| 25A777 |
Fairfield Sentry Ltd., et al. v. Citibank NA London, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2026-01-05 |
Application |
|
bankruptcy-code extraterritorial-application foreign-liquidators ponzi-scheme safe-harbor securities-settlement |
Whether the Bankruptcy Code's "safe harbor" for securities settlement payments under 11 U.S.C. §546(e) applies extraterritorially to bar foreign commo… |
| 25-731 |
Yellow Turtle Design, LLC, et al. v. Sonya Salkin Slott, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-19 |
Denied |
|
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-distribution chapter-7-liquidation creditor-priority settlement-approval statutory-interpretation |
In Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp., 580 U.S. 451, 457, 137 S.Ct. 973, 979, 197 L.Ed.2d 398 (2017), this Court held, "The [Bankruptcy] Code makes clea… |
| 25-651 |
Stanley Kappell Watson v. Shenekka Bradsher, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-04 |
Pending |
Response Requested |
bankruptcy-code debt-discharge intentional-tort legal-injury subjective-intent willful-injury |
The Bankruptcy Code excepts from discharge any
debt "for willful and malicious injury by the debtor to
another entity or to the property of another … |
| 25-503 |
Matthew D. McMaster v. Arthur McCracken, et al. |
Georgia |
2025-10-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy-clause bankruptcy-code federal-preemption lease-termination residential-lease state-court-ruling |
1. Whether the Bankruptcy Clause of the United States Constitution and 11 U.S.C. § 365(e)(1) preempt a state court ruling that a residential lease and… |
| 25-490 |
Lujan Claimants v. Boy Scouts of America, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-10-21 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
asset-sale bankruptcy-code equitable-mootness nonconsensual-release reorganization-plan third-party-release |
1. Whether 11 U.S.C. §363(m) applies to asset sales under reorganization plans —and if so, whether §363(m) immunizes Purdue-forbidden releases.
2. Wh… |
| 25-272 |
Andy Luu Tran v. Herbert Jacobs |
First Circuit |
2025-09-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy-code deed-validity land-records mortgage-foreclosure state-law transfer-avoidance |
1. Whether the transfer avoidance provisions of the bankruptcy code should give way to state law regarding transfers?
2. Whether an Affidavit of Sale… |
| 25-208 |
Delaware Trust Company v. Ad Hoc Group of Senior Secured Noteholders, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-20 |
Denied |
|
bankruptcy-code court-discretion estate-recovery monetary-judgment property-transfer value-compensation |
Whether Section 550(a) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code gives a bankruptcy court discretion both to order the return of transferred property to the estate … |
| 25-25 |
Avianca Group International Limited v. Burnham Sterling and Company LLC, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-07-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
bankruptcy-code chapter-11 debt-accrual lease-obligation payment-timing statutory-interpretation |
Whether, for purposes of Section 365(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, the "obligation" of a Chapter 11 debtor under a lease "aris[es]" as soon as the obliga… |
| 24A994 |
Avianca Group International Limited v. Burnham Sterling and Company LLC, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-04-17 |
Presumed Complete |
|
aircraft-leases bankruptcy-code debtor-in-possession executory-contracts personal-property-leases section-365 |
1. This case presents the question whether "obligations" of a Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession under a lease of personal property "aris[e]" within the … |
| 24-1062 |
The Hertz Corporation, et al. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-04-08 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (1)Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
absolute-priority-rule bankruptcy-code make-whole-premiums solvent-debtor statutory-interpretation unmatured-interest |
The Bankruptcy Code disallows claims for "unmatured interest," i.e., claims for interest that has not yet accrued when the bankruptcy petition is file… |
| 24-995 |
MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-03-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
asset-sale bankruptcy-code circuit-conflict lease-assignment section-365 stipulation-waiver |
Whether parties must invoke a particular phrase and explicitly acknowledge all possible consequences for a stipulation to constitute waiver; and
Whet… |
| 24-905 |
Martha G. Bronitsky, Chapter 13 Trustee v. Jorden Marie Saldana |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-02-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
bankruptcy-code chapter-13 circuit-split debtor-contributions retirement-accounts unsecured-creditors |
Whether, under the Bankruptcy Code, debtors can voluntarily contribute to their own retirement accounts rather than pay back unsecured creditors—and i… |
| 24-874 |
Douglas A. Kelley, in His Capacity as the Trustee of the BMO Litigation Trust v. BMO Harris Bank National Association, as Successor to M&I Marshall and Ilsley Bank |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-02-14 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
bankruptcy-code eighth-circuit-ruling federal-bankruptcy-policy in-pari-delicto receiver-claims state-law-interpretation |
Whether the Eighth Circuit should have certified the controlling question of Minnesota law to the Minnesota Supreme Court, rather than fashion a novel… |
| 24-793 |
Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc. v. Hawaiian Telcom Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy-code congressional-act native-hawaiian-lands property-transfer rehabilitation-lands state-constitution |
1. Can the Bankruptcy Code Preempt An Act of Congress Incorporated Into the State Constitution by transferring to a non-native Hawaiian company Petiti… |
| 24A706 |
The Hertz Corporation, et al. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-01-17 |
Presumed Complete |
|
absolute-priority-rule bankruptcy-code creditor-claims reorganization-plan solvent-debtor unmatured-interest |
Whether the pre-Bankruptcy Code absolute priority rule supersedes the unambiguous text of the Bankruptcy Code and requires a solvent debtor to pay its… |
| 24-671 |
Mark Holliday, Liquidating Trustee of the BosGen Liquidating Trust v. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
avoidance-powers bankruptcy-code congressional-intent fraudulent-transfer safe-harbor securities-transfer |
1. In Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc., 583 U.S. 366 (2018), this Court held that the "safe harbor" in § 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Co… |
| 24A445 |
Timothy L. Blixseth v. Montana Department of Revenue |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-11-04 |
Presumed Complete |
|
bankruptcy-code damages-claim eleventh-amendment involuntary-petition jurisdiction-waiver sovereign-immunity |
1. The vast majority of cases under the Bankruptcy Code are commenced voluntarily by the debtor. However, Section 303 of the Bankruptcy Code alternati… |
| 24-494 |
American Warrior, Incorporated, et al. v. Foundation Energy Fund IV-A, L.P., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-11-01 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
automatic-stay bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-stay circuit-split statutory-injunction void-vs-voidable |
Under the Bankruptcy Code, the commencement of a bankruptcy case triggers an "automatic stay"—a statutory injunction proscribing various acts involvin… |
| 24-108 |
John Paul Salvador v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-31 |
Denied |
Amici (6) |
bankruptcy-code circuit-split discharge discharge-ability honest-and-reasonable-attempt income-tax-return late-filed-returns late-filing tax-debt tax-debts |
The Bankruptcy Code provides that an individual debtor's unpaid tax debts are dischargeable so long as they meet certain requirements. For older tax d… |
| 23-1373 |
Capital Cartridge, LLC v. J. Michael Issa, as Trustee of the HMT Liquidating Trust |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-02 |
Denied |
|
avoidance-provisions bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-courts bankruptcy-litigation creditors-committee derivative-standing judicial-interpretation statutory-authority |
Under the Bankruptcy Code's avoidance provisions, whether a creditors' committee has "derivative standing" to bring suit on behalf of the estate, and … |
| 23-1236 |
Law Office of Rogelio Solis PLLC, et al. v. Catherine Stone Curtis |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-23 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law debtor-interest erie-doctrine federal-common-law legal-determination property-ownership property-rights state-law |
Question not identified. |
| 23A1034 |
John Paul Salvador v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-05-21 |
Presumed Complete |
|
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-discharge circuit-split late-filed-return nondischargeable-debt tax-debt |
Question not identified. |
| 23A949 |
Capital Cartridge, LLC, et al. v. J. Michael Issa, as Trustee of the HMT Liquidating Trust |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-04-23 |
Presumed Complete |
|
avoidance-claims bankruptcy-code creditors-committee derivative-standing statutory-interpretation trustee-powers |
1. This "significant" and "important" question (In re Baltimore Emergency Servs. II, Corp., 432 F.3d 557, 560-561 (4th Cir. 2005)), has sharply divide… |
| 23-1081 |
Joseph Stafiniak, et al. v. Marc Kirschner, as Trustee of the NWHI Litigation Trust, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-04-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11-usc-546e avoidance avoidance-action bankruptcy-code contract-interpretation financial-institution section-546e statutory-interpretation transfer-exemption transfer-interpretation |
Whether Section 101(22)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, which defines a "financial institution," should be interpreted on a contract-by-contract basis or a… |
| 23-875 |
Estate of Arlene Townsend, et al. v. Steven M. Berman, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11-usc-327 bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-disclosure bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-professionals bankruptcy-trustee burden-shifting court-discretion fed-r-bankr-p-2014 professional-conflicts trustee-obligations |
The Bankruptcy Code burdens professionals retained by a bankruptcy estate pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 327 to demonstrate the absence of any conflicts of i… |
| 23-785 |
PHH Mortgage Corporation v. Mark Anthony Guthrie |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-01-22 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court civil-contempt debt-collection discharge-injunction federal-preemption preemption state-law-claims uniform-federal-law |
Whether the Bankruptcy Code preempts state-law claims premised on alleged efforts to collect a debt in violation of the bankruptcy court's discharge i… |
| 23-724 |
WVSV Holdings, LLC v. 10K, LLC, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-04 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-jurisdiction chapter-11-plan judicial-estoppel new-hampshire-v-maine post-petition-claim postconfirmation-jurisdiction state-law-tort state-law-tort-claim |
Whether a debtor's state law tort claim that only accrues following the bankruptcy petition date —indeed after confirmation of the bankruptcy plan —an… |
| 23-678 |
Pedro Pierluisi, Governor of Puerto Rico, et al. v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico |
First Circuit |
2023-12-22 |
Denied |
|
bankruptcy-code close-nexus-test fiscal-plan oversight-board policy-dispute promesa related-to-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction title-iii Title-III-court |
1. Under the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act ("PROMESA") Section 306(a)(2), the Title III Court's subject-matter jurisdi… |
| 23-662 |
Farm Credit Services of America, FLCA v. William Howard Topp, aka Bill Topp, dba Bill Topp Farm, dba William Topp Farm |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-code chapter-12 interest-rate interest-rates present-value reorganization secured-claims secured-creditor till-formula till-v-scs-credit-corp |
The Question Presented is whether the formula approach method set forth in Till should also apply in Chapter 12 bankruptcy cases. |
| 23-6189 |
Karen Gail Brainen Kleinman v. Cynthia A. Norton, Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-exemption bankruptcy-exemptions bankruptcy-procedure collateral-estoppel creditor-rights due-process judicial-immunity res-judicata stare-decisis statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether the intent of Congress in enacting 11 U.S.C. §522(1)
and Fed.R.Bankr.P. 4003(b) as interpreted by this Court 's
precedential and controll… |
| 23A518 |
PHH Mortgage Corporation v. Mark Anthony Guthrie |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-07 |
Presumed Complete |
|
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-discharge debt-collection discharge-injunction preemption state-law-claims |
1. PHH seeks review of a decision of a divided panel of the Fourth Circuit that creates a direct conflict among the courts of appeals on an important … |
| 23-560 |
Kathleen A. McCallister, Chapter 13 Trustee v. Roger A. Evans, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-11-27 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-expenses bankruptcy-code chapter-13 debt-repayment debt-repayment-plans standing-trustee standing-trustees user-fee user-fees |
Whether the Bankruptcy Code directs standing trustees to collect a user fee from debtors in every Chapter 13 case the trustee administers, including c… |
| 23A445 |
United States v. David L. Miller |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-11-16 |
Presumed Complete |
|
bankruptcy-code fraudulent-transfer section-106(a) section-544(b) sovereign-immunity trustee-action |
Whether Section 106(a) of the Bankruptcy Code abrogates the United States' sovereign immunity with respect to the underlying state-law cause of action… |
| 23-470 |
Kimberly Bruce, aka Kimberly A. Bruce, aka Kimberly Antrell Bruce v. Citigroup, Inc., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-11-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-jurisdiction civil-procedure class-action class-certification due-process national-class rule-7023 statutory-injunction |
1. Whether a bankruptcy court has jurisdiction under Bankruptcy Rule 7023 to certify a national class of individuals, all of whom were subjected to th… |
| 23-425 |
Douglas F. Mann v. LSQ Funding Group, L.C. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-10-23 |
Denied |
|
bankruptcy-code creditor-rights creditors diminution-doctrine estate-benefit estate-property fraudulent-transfer preference-law property-interest trustee-recovery |
when a debtor defrauds a new creditor into making payment of an existing creditor's claims, whether the trustee seeking to avoid the fraudulent transf… |
| 23-218 |
Adam M. Goodman, Chapter 13 Trustee v. Daniel Richard Doll |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-09-08 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
including cases in which a debtor's plan is not c administrative-expenses bankruptcy-code chapter-13 debt-repayment debt-repayment-plans standing-trustee standing-trustees user-fee user-fees |
Whether the Bankruptcy Code directs standing trustees to collect a user fee from debtors in every Chapter 13 case the trustee administers, including c… |
| 23A87 |
William K. Harrington, United States Trustee, Region 2 v. Purdue Pharma L.P., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-07-28 |
Granted |
|
bankruptcy-code chapter-11-reorganization equitable-mootness nonconsensual-third-party-release nondebtors opioid-litigation |
Question not identified. |
| 22-1183 |
Robert Walker, et al. v. K. Drake Ozment, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-07 |
Denied |
|
bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-procedure circuit-court civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion judicial-overreach local-court-rules standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Mandate infringe on the Fourteenth Amendment and imposes restrictions as to U.S. Code: Title 11, SUBCHAPTER … |
| 22-1182 |
Robert Walker, et al. v. U.S. Bank N.A., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-07 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-procedure circuit-court civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion judicial-overreach local-rules statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Mandate infringe on the Fourteenth Amendment and imposes restrictions as to U.S. Code: Title 11, SUBCHAPTER … |
| 22-1164 |
Shmuel Erde v. Irsfeld, Irsfeld & Younger, LLP |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-06-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
asset-scheduling bankruptcy bankruptcy-code civil-procedure due-process judicial-precedent notice partnership-interests property-of-the-estate standing supreme-court-rule |
In denying Petitioner's claims, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has divorced itself, jurisprudentially speaking, from the American court system by … |
| 22-1079 |
Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-05-05 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (8)Response RequestedRelisted (3) |
asbestos-claims bankruptcy bankruptcy-code chapter-11 claims-objection fraud-prevention insurance-neutrality insurer-standing party-in-interest |
Whether an insurer with financial responsibility for a bankruptcy claim is a "party in interest" that may object to a Chapter 11 plan of reorganizatio… |
| 22-908 |
TLA Claimholders Group v. LATAM Airlines Group S.A., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-03-17 |
Denied |
|
bankruptcy-code chapter-11 creditor-rights equity-holders impaired-claims impairment post-petition-interest unimpaired-claims |
May a Chapter 11 plan classify a creditor's claim as unimpaired without paying any interest owed under the creditor's contract that accrues during the… |
| 22-878 |
Alexander V. Brown v. William Harrington, United States Trustee for Region 1 |
First Circuit |
2023-03-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1930 bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-fees chapter-11 constitutional-challenge equal-protection reopened-case reopening retroactivity statutory-interpretation united-states-trustee |
1. Whether 28 U.S.C. §1930(a)(6)(A) applies to a case
under Chapter 11 of Title 11, United States Code, upon
reopening, where the chapter 11 case was … |
| 22-772 |
Ultra Petroleum Corporation, et al. v. Ad Hoc Committee of OpCo Unsecured Creditors, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-16 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
bankruptcy-code creditor-recovery judicial-exception lower-court-confusion post-petition-interest solvent-debtor-exception statutory-interpretation statutory-text unmatured-interest |
Whether an unwritten "solvent-debtor exception" overrides the Bankruptcy Code's statutory text and allows creditors in solvent-debtor cases to recover… |
| 22-744 |
Joseph C. Sheehan v. Breccia Unlimited Company, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-02-08 |
Denied |
|
automatic-stay bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-jurisdiction circuit-split debtor-property in-rem-jurisdiction international-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction property-estate |
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 juris… |
| 22-733 |
Pacific Gas & Electric Company v. Ad Hoc Committee of Holders of Trade Claims |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-02-06 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-practice equitable-considerations federal-rate post-petition-interest solvent-debtor statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether a clear statement is required for the Bankruptcy Code to depart from past bankruptcy practice.
2. Whether an uncodified "solvent debtor" e… |
| 22-669 |
NexPoint Advisors, L.P., et al. v. Highland Capital Management, L.P., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-01-20 |
Denied |
CVSGResponse RequestedRelisted (5) |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-reorganization bankruptcy-trustees business-liabilities common-law-immunity gross-negligence post-bankruptcy-liabilities reorganization-plan third-party-exculpation third-party-liability |
Section 524(e) of the Bankruptcy Code provides that the "discharge of a debt of the debtor does not affect the liability of any other entity on, or th… |
| 22-631 |
Highland Capital Management, L.P. v. NexPoint Advisors, L.P., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-01-09 |
Denied |
CVSGResponse RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court chapter-11 circuit-split debt-discharge discharge reorganization-plan statutory-interpretation third-party-liability third-party-releases |
Section 524(e) of the Bankruptcy Code states that the "discharge of a debt of the debtor does not affect the liability of any other entity on, or the … |
| 22-395 |
Wheeler Financial, Inc. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-10-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-estate chapter-11 claims claims-bar-date due-process lien lien-extinguishment notice notice-requirement proof-of-claim |
Whether a lien is extinguished by operation of
§ 1141(©) of the Bankruptcy Code, when the lienholder
did not file a proof of claim due to the debtors'… |
| 22-294 |
County of Ontario, New York v. Brian Gunsalus, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-09-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy-code bfp-v-resolution-trust-corp due-process foreclosure fraudulent-conveyance judicial-oversight real-estate-titles state-law tax-collection tax-foreclosure |
BFP v. Resolution Trust Corp., 511 U.S. 531 (1994) ("BFP") held the auction price obtained at a mortgage foreclosure conducted in accordance with the … |
| 22-227 |
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, et al. v. Brian W. Coughlin |
First Circuit |
2022-09-12 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (9)Relisted (2) |
abrogation bankruptcy-code circuit-split indian-tribes sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty |
Whether the Bankruptcy Code expresses unequivocally Congress's intent to abrogate the sovereign immunity of Indian tribes. |
| 22-2 |
Susan M. Boltz-Rubinstein v. Bank of America, N.A. |
Third Circuit |
2022-06-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11-usc-362 agency-relationship automatic-stay bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-stay contractual-control damages damages-limitation lift-stay mortgage-servicer |
1. The first question presented is whether in an
uncontested stay violation in a core proceeding under
the Bankruptcy Code's automatic stay, 11 U.S.… |
| 21-1605 |
Kevin Kerveng Tung, P.C. v. Charles M. Forman, Chapter 7 Trustee, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-06-29 |
Denied |
|
article-iii bankruptcy-code disgorgement non-core-proceedings separation-of-powers stern-v-marshall |
Question not identified. |
| 21-1430 |
James K. Collins v. Michell R. Zolnier, dba CKC Properties, Top Star Leases |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-10 |
Denied |
|
actual-fraud bankruptcy bankruptcy-code creditor creditor-rights debt-discharge discharge fraud fraudulent-transfer section-523 |
The "actual fraud" bar to discharge under Section 523(a)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code applies when transfers made by the debtor were deliberately made… |
| 21-1270 |
MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-03-21 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (2)Relisted (2) |
and even when a remedy could be fashioned that do such that it is not subject to waiver appellate-jurisdiction bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-section-363(m) circuit-split jurisdictional-limitation lease-assignment remedy sale-order statutory-interpretation waiver |
Whether Bankruptcy Code Section 363(m) limits the appellate courts' jurisdiction over any sale order or order deemed "integral" to a sale order, such … |
| 21-7206 |
Chuck Duckworth v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2022-02-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-injunction creditor-recovery creditors criminal-procedure fresh-start restitution restitution-award state-prosecution |
Section 524 of the United States Bankruptcy Code provides that a bankruptcy discharge "operates as an injunction against the commencement or continuat… |
| 21-1154 |
Speech & Language Center, LLC, et al. v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey |
New Jersey |
2022-02-22 |
Denied |
|
bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-discharge civil-settlement contract contract-enforcement contract-law debt-obligation discharge non-dischargeable-debt settlement-agreement |
Can parties to a civil settlement agree that the payments required under the agreement are not dischargeable in bankruptcy? |
| 21-134 |
Jesus Vasquez, Jr., et ux. v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Trustee of Stanwich Mortgage Trust F |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-08-02 |
Denied |
|
bankruptcy-code debtor-rights dewsnup-v-timm judicial-precedent lien lien-valuation secured-claim secured-claims statutory-interpretation unsecured-claim |
Section 506(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code states that "[a]n allowed claim of a creditor secured by a lien * * * is a secured claim to the extent of the… |
| 20-1829 |
Deafueh Monbo v. Eric Blair |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-07-01 |
Denied |
|
bad-faith-filing bankruptcy bankruptcy-code chapter-7-bankruptcy copyright copyright-infringement discharge in-re-green-v-staples trademark trademark-infringement willful-and-malicious |
1. Question: Whether the Bankruptcy Court erred when the Bankruptcy Court failed to recognize that Section 523(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code prohibits … |
| 20-1812 |
Donald C. Kupperstein v. Irene Schall, Personal Representative of the Probate Estate of Fred Kuhn, et al. |
First Circuit |
2021-06-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
automatic-stay bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-stay civil-jurisdiction civil-money-judgment civil-procedure governmental-collection jurisdiction police-power-exception |
1. Whether a state court has jurisdiction or authority to determine whether a civil action before it is subject to the automatic stay of 11 USC §362.
… |
| 20-1483 |
Philip Pilevsky, et al. v. Sutton 58 Associates LLC |
New York |
2021-04-22 |
Dismissed |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-code federal-law federal-preemption legal-proceedings liability-based-on-bankruptcy misuse-of-bankruptcy preemption state-law state-law-tort-claims tort-claims |
Whether the federal Bankruptcy Code preempts state-law tort claims that are premised on an alleged misuse of bankruptcy proceedings or that seek to im… |
| 20-1382 |
Emanuel Gettinger, et al. v. Irving H. Picard, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-04-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy-code for-value good-faith good-faith-transfer ponzi-scheme securities-investor-protection-act sipa-liquidation statutory-interpretation transfer-avoidance value-transfer |
Whether the Bankruptcy Code's avoidance provisions operate differently in the context of a SIPA liquidation proceeding, notwithstanding that a transfe… |
| 20-1338 |
Li Li v. J.C. Penney Company, Incorporated |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-03-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
363-motion asset-sale bankruptcy-code chapter-11 equity-committee good-faith good-faith-requirement standing sub-rosa-plan |
(1) Whether the lower courts erred in authorizing the sale of J. C. Penney ' s crown jewel assets pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 363 under an impermissible s… |
| 20-1177 |
National Medical Imaging, LLC, et al. v. U.S. Bank, N.A., et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-02-25 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
bad-faith bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-petition compensatory-damages involuntary-bankruptcy jury-trial punitive-damages seventh-amendment |
Section 303 of the Bankruptcy Code governs involuntary bankruptcy cases. In an involuntary bankruptcy case it is the creditors, not the debtors, who s… |
| 20-1064 |
Lloyd Allan Jones v. U.S. Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Residential Asset Securities Corporation, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-02-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy-code chapter-13 debtor-rights home-ownership modification-of-claim nobelman-v-american-savings-bank present-value property-valuation secured-claim secured-creditor |
Whether 11 U.S.C. § 1325(a)(5)(B) allows Petitioner to satisfy Respondents' claim secured by Petitioner's home via a Chapter 13 Plan pursuant to 11 U.… |
| 20-886 |
Thelma G. McCoy v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-04 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-code brunner-test circuit-split student-loan-debt student-loans totality-of-circumstances totality-test undue-hardship |
The Bankruptcy Code permits courts to discharge student loan debt in bankruptcy if a debtor can show that repaying it would cause her "undue hardship.… |
| 20-880 |
Michael H. Holland, as Trustee for the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund and United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan, et al. v. Westmoreland Coal Company, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-04 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
anti-injunction-act bankruptcy-code circuit-split coal-act south-carolina-v-regan statutory-interpretation tax tax-assessment |
1. Is the South Carolina v. Regan exception to the Anti-Injunction Act available to debtors who want to avoid paying a tax for reasons unrelated to th… |
| 20-499 |
Nathaniel Richard Hull v. Jeffrey J. Rockwell |
First Circuit |
2020-10-16 |
Denied |
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attachment bankruptcy bankruptcy-code circuit-split creditor-rights creditors homestead-exemption property-exemption reinvestment state-law |
Whether a debtor may keep a state-law homestead exemption inside bankruptcy, notwithstanding that the proceeds would be subject to attachment and exec… |
| 20-481 |
GE Capital Retail Bank v. Nyree Belton |
Second Circuit |
2020-10-14 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
bankruptcy-code debt-discharge federal-arbitration-act implied-repeal legal-procedure lower-court-confusion precedent statutory-discharge statutory-interpretation |
Whether provisions of the Bankruptcy Code providing for a statutorily enforceable discharge of a debtor's debts impliedly repeal the Federal Arbitrati… |
| 20-409 |
Christopher Michael Marino, et ux. v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
appellate-procedure attorney-fees bankruptcy bankruptcy-code circuit-split discharge-violation judicial-review recurring-issue statutory-interpretation |
Whether, under 11 U.S.C. 105(a), debtors may recover attorney's fees incurred on appeal to remedy a discharge violation. |
| 20-396 |
Sheri Speer v. Michael Tieger, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-09-25 |
Denied |
|
abstention abstention-doctrine abuse-of-process bankruptcy-code circuit-split civil-procedure involuntary-bankruptcy legal-precedent subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Involuntary bankruptcies are rare - as they should be.
They are a last resort after all state remedies have been
exhausted, and are not a tool to be u… |
| 20-310 |
Robert James Keach, Estate Representative of Post-Effective Date Estate of Montreal, Maine, and Atlantic Railway, Ltd. v. New Brunswick Southern Railway Company, Ltd., et al. |
First Circuit |
2020-09-09 |
Denied |
|
bankruptcy-code federal-equity-receivership fosdick-v-schall priority-of-payment priority-payment railroad-reorganization six-months-rule unsecured-claims |
Whether the "six months rule" entitles unsecured claims for necessary operating expenses incurred by a railroad in the six months before bankruptcy to… |
| 20-126 |
Andalusian Global Designated Activity Company, et al. v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, et al. |
First Circuit |
2020-08-06 |
Denied |
|
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law creditor-liens municipal-finance property-rights secured-lending statutory-interpretation |
Federal bankruptcy law generally provides that a creditor's lien does not extend to "property acquired . . . after the commencement of the [bankruptcy… |
| 20-5260 |
In Re Kenton G. Findlay |
|
2020-08-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
11-usc-362 14th-amendment 5th-amendment bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-stay constitutional-violation court-jurisdiction due-process foreclosure property-seizure |
Whether the Florida Supreme Court and the Third District Court of Appeal of Florida ("the Third DCA") violated the due process protection of the 5th a… |
| 20-46 |
Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas v. Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-jurisdiction debtor-rights due-process in-rem-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity state-property state-property-rights takings |
whether a bankruptcy court's in rem jurisdiction over a debtor's property allows it to exercise in rem jurisdiction over the separate property of an a… |
| 19-1456 |
KK-PB Financial, LLC v. 160 Royal Palm, LLC |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-07-02 |
Denied |
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asset-sale bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-court-discretion bid-procedures debtor-asset debtor-estate debtor's-estate discretionary-power higher-better-offer higher-bid maximize-value-estate private-sale public-bid-procedures sale-maximization |
Does a bankruptcy court abuse its discretion when it cancels public bid procedures and approves the private sale of a debtor's principal asset, even t… |
| 19-1349 |
George L. Miller, Chapter 7 Trustee for the Estate of HomeBanc Corp. v. Bear Stearns & Co., Inc., et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-06-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
automatic-stay bankruptcy-code collateral collateral-liquidation creditor-protection financial-crisis repurchase-agreements safe-harbor statutory-interpretation |
In times of acute economic distress, the automatic stay of the Bankruptcy Code functions as a critical circuit breaker: it backstops a vulnerable fina… |
| 19-1346 |
Viktoria Benkovitch v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-06-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-confirmation bankruptcy-confirmation-order bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-plan chapter-11 due-process final-judgment final-order res-judicata secured-creditor |
In this case, there is a confirmed Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan, substantially
consummated, and later, converted to a Chapter 7. "[T]he provisions of a … |
| 19-1088 |
Gerson Irving Fox v. Elissa Miller, Chapter 7 Trustee |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-05 |
Denied |
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admissible-evidence bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-section-727(a)(3) civil-procedure competent-evidence debtor-discharge discharge evidentiary-standard judicial-discretion recordkeeping recordkeeping-requirements summary-judgment |
Upon proof of failure to keep adequate books and records, a debtor's discharge may be withheld under section 727(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code unless t… |
| 19-1063 |
Joy Denby-Peterson v. NU2U Auto World, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-02-26 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (3) |
11-usc-362 11-usc-362(a) 11-usc-362a automatic-stay bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-stay creditor creditor-rights debtor debtor-trustee property-possession property-rights turnover |
Whether a creditor who maintains possession of property in which a bankruptcy estate has an interest violates the Bankruptcy Code's automatic stay pro… |
| 19-1035 |
ShaRon D. Rose v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-20 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
11-usc-362 automatic-stay bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-362-a bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-filing bankruptcy-petition bankruptcy-petition-dismissal bankruptcy-statute-2005-revisions bankruptcy-stay debtor-property repeat-bankruptcy-filings statutory-interpretation |
Whether 11 U.S.C. § 362(c)(8)(A) terminates the automatic bankruptcy stay as to property of the bankruptcy estate. |
| 19-7579 |
Philip G. Barry v. Thomas Perkins, et ux. |
Second Circuit |
2020-02-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
automatic-stay bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-courts bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-law federal-jurisdiction rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-judgment state-court-judgments void-ab-initio |
Whether the so-called "Rooker-Feldman Doctrine" strips
bankruptcy and other lower federal courts of jurisdiction to
avoid or otherwise declare a sta… |
| 19-7263 |
Praveen Kevin Khurana v. Idaho Department of Health and Welfare |
Idaho |
2020-01-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-law-11-usc-362 civil-procedure due-process fraudulent-transfer governmental-unit medicaid-recovery probate property-rights property-tax property-transfer real-estate real-estate-transfer supremacy-clause voidable |
1) Whether pre-petition probate charges/claims by a governmental unit against a real property of a debtor are treated the same as property tax charges… |
| 19-759 |
Milo H. Segner, Jr. v. Cianna Resources Incorporated |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-13 |
Denied |
|
avoidance-power bankruptcy bankruptcy-code burden-of-proof criminal-statute good-faith jury-instructions ponzi-scheme reasonable-commercial-standards transfer-liability |
This petition presents two important questions concerning the pursuit of Ponzi-scheme proceeds in bankruptcy proceedings—including one that has provok… |
| 19-6771 |
Larry Wayne Parr v. Simon E. Rodriguez |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-11-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-definition bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-procedures business-trust chapter-11 chapter-11-conversion chapter-7 corporation debtor-status homestead-exemption statutory-interpretation |
Due to The Fact Larry Parr 's business and business assets were in The LARRY W. PARR LIVING TRUST, do these facts make The LARRY W. PARR LIVING TRUST … |
| 19-490 |
Jonathan S. Metcalf v. Michael Fitzgerald, et al. |
Connecticut |
2019-10-15 |
Denied |
|
adversary-proceeding adversary-proceedings bankruptcy bankruptcy-code civil-procedure federalism judicial-interpretation legal-claims preemption standing state-law state-law-claims vexatious-litigation |
Does the Bankruptcy Code preempt state-law vexatious-litigation claims arising from adversary actions in bankruptcy proceedings? |
| 19-387 |
Ambac Assurance Corporation v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
11-usc-904 11-usc-922 48-usc-2165 automatic-stay bankruptcy-code debt-enforcement municipal-bankruptcy municipal-debtors special-revenues statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether 11 U.S.C. § 904 and 48 U.S.C. § 2165 prohibit a bankruptcy court from enforcing the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code against municipal deb… |
| 19-391 |
Assured Guaranty Corp., et al. v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
automatic-stay bankruptcy-code bond-debt debt-enforcement municipal-bankruptcy municipal-bond-market special-revenues |
Whether 11 U.S.C. § 922(d) mandates that there is no automatic stay of debt enforcement actions with respect to pledged special revenues. |
| 19-357 |
City of Chicago, Illinois v. Robbin L. Fulton, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-09-18 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (11) |
11-usc-362 affirmative-obligation automatic-stay bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-stay civil-procedure debtor-trustee property-retention property-rights |
Whether an entity that is passively retaining possession of property in which a bankruptcy estate has an interest has an affirmative obligation under … |
| 19-277 |
HSBC Holdings PLC, et al. v. Irving H. Picard, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-08-30 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (6)Relisted (2) |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-section-550 extraterritoriality foreign-transaction foreign-transactions initial-transferee initial-transferees international-comity subsequent-transferee subsequent-transferees trustee-recovery |
11 U.ௗS.ௗC. §ௗ550(a) authorizes a bankruptcy trustee to recover the proceeds of voided prepetition debtor transactions from two distinct classes of tr… |
| 19-24 |
Jack Rose, et ux. v. David Reaves, Chapter 7 Trustee |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
or the broad definition of 'transfer' contained i -bankruptcy-code -circuit-split -discharge-objection -statutory-interpretation -transfer-definition #NAME? bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-section-727-a-2-a bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-transfer bankruptcy-trustee discharge in-re-adeeb section-101-54 section-101(54) section-727(a)(2)(a) transfer |
Whether courts considering an objection to discharge under Section 727(a)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code should apply the narrowly tailored definition o… |
| 18-1563 |
Ronald Bias v. Tangipahoa Parish School Board |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law chapter-13 chapter-13-bankruptcy constitutional-amendments constitutional-rights debtor-standing disclosure-requirements due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-estoppel post-confirmation-claims standing |
Does the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal's precedent that all Chapter 13 debtors have a continuing duty to disclose all post-confirmation claims offend … |
| 18A1241 |
HSBC Holdings PLC, et al. v. Irving H. Picard |
Second Circuit |
2019-05-30 |
Presumed Complete |
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bankruptcy-code extraterritoriality foreign-transfers international-comity madoff-ponzi-scheme subsequent-transfers |
Question not identified. |
| 18-1468 |
United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund, et al. v. Andre M. Toffel, as Chapter 7 Trustee for Walter Energy Inc., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
1992-plan-premiums anti-injunction-act bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-section-1114 circuit-split coal-act south-carolina-v-regan statutory-interpretation tax-assessment tax-validity |
1. Whether the South Carolina v. Regan exception to the Anti-Injunction Act applies only in this Court and, if not, whether it applies only to litigan… |
| 18-9221 |
Barrington M. Hamilton, aka Jaame Amun Re El v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law civil-procedure civil-rights creditor-claims debt-discharge due-process government-administration government-liability legal-procedure property-rights statutory-interpretation |
operation?
Ans. No. The languagefound in Title 11 UScs$5a caxa) says "(a) A discharge in a case under
this title [11 uscss 1o1 et seq.I (a) operates a… |
| 18-1302 |
Robertson B. Cohen, Chapter 7 Trustee v. Andrea Chernushin |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11-usc-541 bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-estate-property-rights bankruptcy-jurisprudence bankruptcy-procedure circuit-split federal-preemption federal-rule-1016 federal-rule-of-bankruptcy-procedure-1016 federal-statute property-law property-rights statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause |
1. Whether the Tenth Circuit Opinion renders 11 U.S.C. § 541 subordinate to state property law and contravenes Congressional intent in enacting § 541 … |
| 18-1218 |
Buchwald Capital Advisors LLC, Litigation Trustee to the Greektown Litigation Trust v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-03-20 |
Dismissed |
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bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-jurisdiction circuit-split civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-law indian-tribes sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation tribal-law |
Whether the Bankruptcy Code abrogates the sovereign immunity of Indian tribes. |
| 18-8465 |
Paula Jo Kunsman v. Joel Wall |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts access-to-justice bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-1307 bankruptcy-dismissal bankruptcy-judge-discretion bankruptcy-law chapter-13 circuit-split dismissal due-process judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-debtor |
Are Bankruptcy Judges in the Southern District dismissing too many pro se debtors' cases without cause? This is of importance to the public because co… |
| 18-7708 |
Philip Eberhard Koebel v. Stevan Chandler, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
11-usc-109e attorney-discipline automatic-stay bad-faith bankruptcy-code chapter-13 debtor-attorney-discipline debtor-eligibility dismissal homestead-exemption |
Whether a bankruptcy court contravenes the Bankruptcy Code by finding that a Chapter 13 case is filed in "bad faith" and immediately orders its dismis… |
| 18-988 |
RPD Holdings, L.L.C. v. Tech Pharmacy Services, dba Advanced Pharmacy Services |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
asset-assumption asset-valuation assumption-and-assignment assumption-assignment bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-sale bankruptcy-trustees collateral-attack executory-contract finality-of-bankruptcy-sales patent-law patent-license |
This case raises two important issues of first impression under the Bankruptcy Code: what happens to an undisclosed executory contract —frequently a v… |
| 18-920 |
Margaret Adeline Veltre v. Fifth Third Bank |
Third Circuit |
2019-01-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
antecedent-debt bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-section-547 bankruptcy-court chapter-7-bankruptcy circuit-split creditor-rights insolvency liquidation-value preferential-transfer property-transfer property-valuation sheriff-sale valuation |
Whether the Bankruptcy Code mandates a Bankruptcy Court determine the value of property transferred to a creditor within ninety days prior to a Bankru… |
| 18-747 |
Sonja Ritter v. Lois Brady, Chapter 7 Trustee |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-11 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-chapter-7 bankruptcy-trustee chapter-7 chapter-7-liquidation judicial-precedent lien-stripping lien-valuation secured-claims stare-decisis statutory-interpretation unsecured-claims |
The question presented is whether Dewsnup v. Timm , 502 U.S. 410 (1992), should be overruled . |
| 18-668 |
Peggy Berg v. Social Security Administration |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-11-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
absolute-debt bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-section-553(b) circuit-split creditor-rights debt-setoff fifth-circuit mutual-debt setoff seventh-circuit statutory-interpretation third-circuit |
Under Bankruptcy Code Section 553(b), regarding when "a creditor offsets a mutual debt owing" and "the date of such setoff," does this require that th… |
| 18-560 |
Peaje Investments LLC v. The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, et al. |
First Circuit |
2018-10-30 |
Denied |
|
agency-discretion agency-regulation bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-statutory-lien bankruptcy-procedure circuit-court-conflict circuit-split court-of-appeals due-process lien-definition property-interest property-rights puerto-rico-law secured-creditor statutory-lien |
Petitioner owns bonds issued by Respondent, the Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority ("HTA"). The bonds are secured by a lien on toll revenu… |
| 18-6489 |
Guetatchew Fikrou v. Montgomery County Office of Child Support Enforcement Division, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion bankruptcy bankruptcy-code child-support civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute standing state-law supplemental-jurisdiction |
Whether the United States Supreme Court can review the abuse of discretions standard applied? Whether this Court would still review de novo the vast m… |
| 18-532 |
Sixty-01 Association of Apartment Owners v. Penny D. Goudelock |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-23 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
assessment-discharge bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-discharge chapter-13 chapter-13-bankruptcy community-association community-association-assessments due-process due-process-clause federalism fifth-amendment property-ownership ripeness-doctrine takings takings-clause |
1. Does the Bankruptcy Code discharge community association assessments that accrue after the filing of a Chapter 13 bankruptcy even if the debtor ret… |
| 18-489 |
Bradley Weston Taggart v. Shelley A. Lorenzen, Executor of the Estate of Stuart Brown, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-16 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (8) |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-procedure civil-contempt creditor-good-faith creditor-rights debtor-rights discharge-injunction good-faith judicial-conflict |
Whether, under the Bankruptcy Code, a creditor's good-faith belief that the discharge injunction does not apply precludes a finding of civil contempt. |
| 18-331 |
Rafael Pabon Ortega v. Isabel Llompart Zeno, et al. |
First Circuit |
2018-09-13 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-stay civil-rights civil-rights-act constitutional-law ex-parte-young first-amendment insular-cases promesa puerto-rico section-1983 |
Whether the automatic stay provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 362, 922, as incorporated into PROMESA are unconstitutional as applied by t… |
| 18-25 |
Edward Mandel v. Steven Thrasher, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-procedure appellate-review bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court-decision damages damages-calculation damages-review judicial-review legal-standard reasonable-royalty remand standard-of-review trade-secret |
After a full trial, the bankruptcy court rejected as unreliable the evidence purporting to assert a "lost asset" model of damages in a trade-secret mi… |