| 25-463 |
Clean Air Car Service & Parking Branch Three, LLC v. Clean Air Car Service & Parking Branch Two, LLC, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-10-16 |
Denied |
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bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-sale good-faith-purchaser rooker-feldman subject-matter-jurisdiction ucc-sale |
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… |
| 25-134 |
Jannie Robinson Tisdell v. Elizabeth Bryne Hogan, Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, City of St. Louis, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-08-04 |
Dismissed |
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bankruptcy-jurisdiction core-bankruptcy-estate due-process fraud-debt property-dispute subject-matter-jurisdiction |
May a State Court have subject matter jurisdiction to hear a case over a property dispute if creditor subsequently filed a core proof of claim in an a… |
| 25-108 |
Donald Wayne Bush, et ux. v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-07-29 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
bankruptcy-jurisdiction circuit-split judicial-authority non-dischargeable-debt statutory-interpretation tax-liabilities |
1. Whether 11 U.S.C. §505(a)(1) confers jurisdiction on the bankruptcy court to adjudicate the amount and legality of a debtor's tax liabilities.
2. … |
| 23-729 |
Roee Kiviti, et ux. v. Naveen Prasad Bhatt |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-01-05 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
article-iii article-three-courts bankruptcy-courts bankruptcy-jurisdiction case-or-controversy civil-procedure constitutional-law judicial-review mootness mootness-doctrine standing |
Whether bankruptcy courts are bound by the case-or-controversy requirement of Article III of the Constitution |
| 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 is property of the bankruptcy estate |
| 23-702 |
Sander L. Esserman, in His Official Capacity as Future Claims Representative v. Bestwall LLC, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-29 |
Denied |
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asbestos-litigation bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-standard corporate-reorganization debtor-protection likelihood-of-success non-debtor-litigation organizational-restructuring preliminary-injunction subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether a sophisticated corporate defendant may use an organizational reshuffling to devise bankruptcy jurisdiction for a nationwide preliminary injun… |
| 23-675 |
Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants v. Bestwall LLC, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-22 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
11-U.S.C-105(a) 28-U.S.C-1334(b) asbestos-liabilities bankruptcy bankruptcy-jurisdiction collusion-presumption non-debtor-injunction non-debtors related-to-jurisdiction section-105a section-1334b |
Whether transactions between related business entities are subject to a presumption of collusion in violation of 28-U.S.C-1359 |
| 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 |
Whether a bankruptcy court has jurisdiction under Bankruptcy Rule 7023 to certify a national class |
| 23-5341 |
Regina Nachael Howell Foster v. Areya Holder Aurzada, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-jurisdiction barton-doctrine civil-procedure civil-rights due-process removal removal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Does the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals' memorandum opinion directly conflict with an opinion by other Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court? |
| 22-1010 |
Robert A. Heghmann, et ux. v. Djamel Hafiani, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-04-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
automatic-stay bankruptcy-court-jurisdiction bankruptcy-jurisdiction circuit-split compensatory-damages district-court district-court-jurisdiction punitive-damages status-quo |
Does the Bankruptcy Court or the U.S. District Court, or both, have jurisdiction to entertain a complaint filed by a debtor seeking compensatory and p… |
| 22-744 |
Joseph C. Sheehan v. Breccia Unlimited Company, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-02-08 |
Denied |
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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… |
| 22-408 |
Alice Guan v. Ellingsworth Residential Community Association, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-11-01 |
Denied |
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adversary-proceeding appellate-review bankruptcy-court-order bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-procedure dismissal-with-prejudice final-order judicial-activity standing |
Whether district court's order dismissing case 6:20-ap-55 with prejudice is a final order that Eleventh Circuit must review |
| 22-188 |
Patrick J. O'Connell v. Jonna Z. Bianco |
Kentucky |
2022-08-30 |
Denied |
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11-usc-362 11-usc-521 11-usc-541 28-usc-1334 28-usc-157 bankruptcy bankruptcy-jurisdiction constitutional-rights due-process federal-bankruptcy-code judicial-estoppel state-court-jurisdiction |
Bankruptcy-jurisdiction-and-procedure |
| 21-1434 |
VSP Labs, Incorporated v. Hillair Capital Investments L.P., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1334(b) anticipated-outcome-test bankruptcy-jurisdiction celotex-corp-v-edwards conceivable-effect-test court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction judicial-test related-to-jurisdiction significant-connection-test statutory-interpretation |
What test determines whether a bankruptcy court has 'related to' jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b)? |
| 21-1000 |
Clifford Allen Brace, Jr. v. Steven M. Speier, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-14 |
Denied |
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11-usc-541 automatic-stay bankruptcy-jurisdiction bodily-detention contempt contempt-order due-process jurisdiction probate-exception |
Whether the Bankruptcy court's order violates the 5th, 8th and 14th amendments of the United States Constitution |
| 21-109 |
California State Lands Commission v. Eugene Davis, Liquidating Trustee of the Venoco Liquidating Trust, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-07-27 |
Denied |
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11th-amendment bankruptcy bankruptcy-jurisdiction inverse-condemnation liquidating-trust post-confirmation-claim sovereign-immunity state-agency state-lands state-treasury |
Whether the States' consent to suit in the bankruptcy courts, found to exist in Katz, reaches a suit brought against a State, after the effective date… |
| 20-1201 |
Michael D. J. Eisenberg v. Shirley Swain |
District of Columbia |
2021-03-01 |
Denied |
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bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-law concurrent-jurisdiction core-bankruptcy-funds court-order-validity federal-bankruptcy-law federal-law-interpretation fraud-discharge judicial-conduct judicial-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct void-orders |
Whether a local court can order release of core bankruptcy funds when it does not assume concurrent jurisdiction per 28-U.S.C.-§-1334(b) |
| 20-1096 |
Philip Jay Fetner v. Hotel Street Capital, LLC, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-02-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appeals appellate-review bankruptcy bankruptcy-jurisdiction chapter-11-bankruptcy civil-rights constitutional-appeal constitutional-rights due-process final-order mootness |
Whether the appellate courts erred in denying a constitutional appeal on the false premise of lack of jurisdiction |
| 20-6432 |
Elise LaMartina v. David Adler, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
automatic-stay bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-jurisdiction barton-doctrine creditor-claims immunity judicial-immunity jurisdiction state-court trustee ultra-vires-acts |
May a bankruptcy court exponentially expand the Barton Doctrine? |
| 20-680 |
Lee Wendell Loder v. Icemakers, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-11-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy-court-jurisdiction bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure debt-dischargeability federal-courts judicial-authority money-judgment nondischargeable-debt |
Whether a bankruptcy court has the jurisdictional authority to render a liquidated money judgment at the same time that it determines a debt to be non… |
| 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… |
| 19-7579 |
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 state… |
| 18-9103 |
Milton Thomas, Sr. v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1334 article-iii bankruptcy-court-jurisdiction bankruptcy-jurisdiction congressional-intent district-court-jurisdiction fraudulent-transfer non-core-proceeding non-core-proceedings stem-v-marshall stern-v-marshall |
Can the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals deny the Act of Congress conferring original and exclusive jurisdiction on the District Court of all civil procee… |
| 18-1221 |
Peli Popovich Hunt v. David M. Goodrich, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-jurisdiction-mandate appellate-review arizona-christian-sch-tuition-org-v-winn bankruptcy-amendment-interpretations bankruptcy-amendments-overrule-pre-code-interpreta bankruptcy-court-adjunct-appellate-court-jurisdict bankruptcy-court-jurisdiction-limits bankruptcy-court-power bankruptcy-decision-abrogation bankruptcy-decision-statutory-basis bankruptcy-decision-without-statutory-basis bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-jurisdiction-distinctions bankruptcy-jurisdiction-dominance bankruptcy-jurisdiction-interpretations bernards-v-johnson bnsf-ry-co-v-tyrell calflin-v-houseman challenge-to-federal-law civil-procedure clearly-abrogated-principle cutler-v-rae czyzewski-v-jevic-holding-corp davis-v-dewakelee davis-v-wakelee emil-v-hanley ex-parte-rowland ex-parte-siebold federal-law-challenge federal-law-challenges hamilton-v-lanning intra-circuit-conflicts isaacs-v-hobbs-tie-timber-co jurisdictional-analysis kuehner-v-dickinson-co lower-courts-power-to-ignore-law miss |
Does bankruptcy jurisdiction consist of more than one type of jurisdiction, and if so, is one type of jurisdiction more dominant than all the other ty… |
| 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 |
| 18-1018 |
Andrew Bennett, et al. v. Jefferson County, Alabama |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-ii article-iii-review bankruptcy-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process equitable-mootness federalism municipal-utilities plan-of-adjustment ratemaking-authority sewer-user-rates standing takings tenth-amendment |
Bankruptcy court's exclusive power over municipal sewer ratemaking |
| 18-784 |
Eldon Bugg v. Marc Honey, et al. |
Missouri |
2018-12-20 |
Denied |
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bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-law common-law-torts diversity-jurisdiction due-process fourteenth-amendment national-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction |
Whether respondents' appearance in Missouri state court while the bankruptcy case was still open constituted presence in Missouri for purposes of pers… |
| 18-5548 |
Brian Tuttle v. Allied Nevada Gold Corp., et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-08-10 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review article-iii-courts bankruptcy-appeals bankruptcy-courts bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-law constitutional-rights equitable-mootness judicial-doctrine statutory-interpretation |
Whether Article III courts can refuse to exercise appellate jurisdiction assigned to them by Congress over final decisions of non-Article III bankrupt… |
| 18-27 |
Estate of Juanita Jackson, et al. v. Rubin Schron |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-05 |
Denied |
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all-writs-act bankruptcy bankruptcy-jurisdiction consent injunctive-relief judicial-authority jurisdiction non-core-proceedings permanent-injunction state-law-claims |
Can bankruptcy courts use the All Writs Act to expand their jurisdiction and authority beyond the confines of the Bankruptcy Code? And if so, can they… |