| 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 |
Can bankruptcy courts effectively shift the burden as to 11 U.S.C. § 327 employment, absolving bankruptcy professionals from the burden of complete di… |
| 23-824 |
United States v. David L. Miller |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-01-31 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (6)Relisted (2) |
appropriations-clause bankruptcy bankruptcy-trustee fraudulent-transfer section-544 sovereign-immunity supremacy-clause tax |
Whether a bankruptcy trustee may avoid a debtor's tax payment to the United States under Section 544(b) when no actual creditor could have obtained re… |
| 23-818 |
Sean Dunne v. Richard M. Coan, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-01-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
act-of-state bankruptcy-trustee comity debtor's-estate foreign-law foreign-property fraudulent-conveyance statute-of-limitations |
Whether a bankruptcy trustee can recover property not in a debtor's estate when such real property, located in a foreign nation, was never owned by th… |
| 22-1060 |
Haywood Jackson Mizell v. Citizens Bank, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-05-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy-trustee conflict-of-interest fiduciary-duty procedural-violation promissory-note property-sale security-agreement standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Is it a conflict of interest for the Respondent's attorney to be appointed a Bankruptcy Chapter 7 Trustee that, after appointment, uses a 'perfected s… |
| 22-6173 |
Steven D'Agostino v. Bunce Atkinson |
Third Circuit |
2022-11-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
bankruptcy-trustee barton-doctrine chapter-7 chapter-7-bankruptcy conflict-of-interest prima-facie standing statutory-obligations trustee-handbook |
What is the significance and/or importance of the United States Trustee Office's Handbook for Chapter 7 Trustees? |
| 22-346 |
Robert Anderson, as Chapter 7 Trustee for Infinity Business Group, Inc. v. Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-10-13 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
11-usc-544 bankruptcy bankruptcy-trustee circuit-split creditor-recovery creditors in-pari-delicto section-544a state-law state-law-preemption trustee |
Whether a bankruptcy trustee seeking recovery on behalf of creditors under 11 U.S.C. 544(a) is subject to the debtor's knowledge |
| 21-1354 |
Bast Amron LLP v. United States Trustee Region 21 |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-18 |
GVR |
|
bankruptcy-administrator bankruptcy-clause bankruptcy-courts bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-trustee bankruptcy-uniformity chapter-11-bankruptcy congressional-power constitutional-interpretation fee-disparity judicial-districts |
Whether the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act violates the uniformity requirement of the Bankruptcy Clause |
| 21-1059 |
Citibank, N.A., et al. v. Irving H. Picard, Trustee for the Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-01-31 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
11-usc-550 avoided-transfer bankruptcy bankruptcy-trustee burden-of-proof good-faith statutory-interpretation subsequent-transferee |
Whether a bankruptcy trustee seeking to recover an avoided transfer from a subsequent transferee under 11 U.S.C. 550 bears the burden of pleading and … |
| 21-1006 |
Marc S. Kirschner v. Dennis J. FitzSimons, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-01-14 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response Waived |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-trustee corporate-governance corporate-intent fiduciary-duty fraudulent-transfer imputation leveraged-buyout mens-rea section-548 |
Whether a corporate agent's fraudulent intent can be imputed to the corporation under 11 U.S.C. § 548(a)(1)(A) even if the agent was not 'in a positio… |
| 21-713 |
Victor P. Kearney v. Unsecured Creditors Committee, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-11-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-trustee district-court-jurisdiction due-process fiduciary-duty jurisdiction trust-law trustee-appointment |
When does a lower district court have the sole discretion to influence, lead, dictate, supersede, deny, or nullify the jurisdiction of the higher fede… |
| 21-441 |
Alfred H. Siegel, Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust v. John P. Fitzgerald, III, Acting United States Trustee for Region 4 |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-09-22 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (5) |
bankruptcy-administrator bankruptcy-clause bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-trustee bankruptcy-uniformity chapter-11 chapter-11-bankruptcy judicial-districts quarterly-fees trustee-program uniform-laws |
Whether the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act violates the uniformity requirement of the Bankruptcy Clause |
| 20-5886 |
Lynn Z. Smith v. Andrea Dobin |
Third Circuit |
2020-10-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
additional-documents bankruptcy bankruptcy-claim bankruptcy-judge bankruptcy-trustee creditor-claim creditor-documents debtor-rights evidence-discovery judicial-procedure rooker-feldman-doctrine |
When can a bankruptcy debtor obtain additional documents from a creditor to challenge the creditor's claim? |
| 19-340 |
Carey D. Ebert v. John Paul DeJoria, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
aiding-and-abetting article-iii article-iii-standing bankruptcy bankruptcy-trustee breach-of-fiduciary-duty corporate-debt debtor-corporation fiduciary-duty judicial-proceedings standing trustee unpaid-debt |
Whether a bankruptcy trustee who proved at trial, without objection, that defendants' tortious conduct (breach of fiduciary duty and aiding and abetti… |
| 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… |
| 18-9831 |
Jacqueline C. Melcher v. John W. Richardson |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bankruptcy-court-orders bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-objections bankruptcy-orders bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-standing bankruptcy-trustee constitutional-rights due-process fees-and-expenses judicial-discretion prudential-standing retroactive-voiding trustee-fees trustee-wrongdoing |
Whether a bankruptcy trustee can retroactively void previous bankruptcy court orders that granted a debtor the right to object to the trustee's fees a… |
| 18-8994 |
Abie Wolf, aka Abraham C. Wolf v. Randolph Osherow, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal bankruptcy bankruptcy-appeal bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-rules bankruptcy-trustee court-jurisdiction creditors-meeting discharge discharge-appeal due-process legal-interpretation procedural-error transcript trustee trustee-objection |
Whether or not the Lower Court is talking about Petitioners Discharge and that's not what Petitioner appealed |
| 18-1110 |
Cecil Daughtrey, et ux. v. Luis E. Rivera |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
army-corps-of-engineers bankruptcy-code-conversion bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-trustee bankruptcy-trustee-duties chapter-11-conversion debtor-interests department-of-interior department-of-justice due-process environmental-protection environmental-protection-agency government-agencies national-defense property-dispute property-rights trustee-actions us-government water-resource water-rights |
Denial of Chapter 11 conversion to hide unique global drinking water and energy resource |
| 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 |
Whether Dewsnup v. Timm should be overruled |
| 18-10 |
Stephen J. Anderson, et ux. v. Gary L. Rainsdon, Chapter 7 Trustee |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-07-02 |
Denied |
|
appeal-time-limits appeals bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-trustee chapter-7-bankruptcy civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure official-capacity standing statutory-interpretation time-to-appeal united-states-officer |
Whether a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee is a 'United States officer or employee sued in an official capacity' for the purposes of Fed. R. App. 4(a)(1)(… |