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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A882 Svenhard’s Swedish Bakery v. Bakery and Confectionary Union and Industry International Pension Fund Ninth Circuit 2026-02-05 Application bankruptcy chapter-11 executory-contract financial-accommodation pension-fund settlement-agreement Question not identified. The petition text provided is an "Application to Extend Time for Filing Petition for Writ of Certiorari," not a petition for…
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 the 'obligation' of a Chapter 11 debtor under a lease 'arises' as soon as the obligation accrues, rather than when payment becomes due
24-1322 Barings L.L.C., et al. v. AG Centre Street Partnership, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-06-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review bankruptcy-plan chapter-11 creditor-vote material-alteration plan-confirmation Whether an appellate court can materially alter a consummated bankruptcy plan without permitting a new vote of creditors or whether a material alterat…
24A373 Red River Talc LLC, as Successor to LTL Management LLC v. Ad Hoc Committee of Supporting Counsel, et al. Third Circuit 2024-10-18 Presumed Complete bankruptcy chapter-11 divisive-merger injunction mass-tort reorganization Whether a bankruptcy court can approve a divisive merger and channel injunction as part of a Chapter 11 reorganization plan that seeks to resolve mass…
24-94 SC SJ Holdings, LLC, et al. v. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Third Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-1127 11-usc-1144 attorney-malpractice bankruptcy-plan bankruptcy-reorganization-plan chapter-11 informed-consent malpractice-claims procedural-rules third-party-release Whether a non-consensual third-party release of debtors' attorneys for malpractice claims is enforceable when included in a confirmed Chapter 11 plan …
23A741 Lujan Claimants, et al. v. Boy Scouts of America, et al. Third Circuit 2024-02-09 Presumed Complete Amici (3) bankruptcy-plan chapter-11 non-debtor-release reorganization sexual-abuse-claims survivor-compensation Whether the Bankruptcy Code permits a Chapter 11 reorganization plan that effectively extinguishes sexual abuse survivor claims against a non-debtor o…
23-827 Clifton Capital Group, LLC v. Bradley Sharp Ninth Circuit 2024-01-31 Denied Response Waived article-iii article-three-standing bankruptcy bankruptcy-appeal bankruptcy-standing chapter-11 chapter-eleven creditor creditor-rights injury-in-fact standing trustee Whether a creditor has Article III standing to challenge a bankruptcy court order awarding a bonus to the former Chapter 11 trustee when the creditor …
23A372 Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants v. Bestwall LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-10-24 Presumed Complete asbestos-claims bankruptcy channeling-injunction chapter-11 personal-injury reorganization Whether a bankruptcy court's channeling injunction that channels asbestos personal injury claims to a trust can be upheld as a permissible reorganizat…
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 Whether 28 U.S.C. §1930(a)(6)(A) applies to a case under Chapter 11 of Title 11, United States Code, upon reopening
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 Whether Section 524(e) of the Bankruptcy Code constrains the power of a court when confirming a plan of reorganization
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(c) of the Bankruptcy Code
22-214 Allana Baroni v. David Seror, Chapter 7 Trustee, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-property-title chapter-11 chapter-11-conversion chapter-7 conversion debtor-rights estate-property ninth-circuit-interpretation property statutory-interpretation title What happens to a debtor's property after a Chapter 11 bankruptcy is converted to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy?
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
20-1338 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 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 sub ros…
20-1028 Timothy L. Blixseth v. Credit Suisse Ninth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-reorganization chapter-11 circuit-split constitutional-rights due-process exculpation-clause non-debtor-release subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a nonconsensual exculpation clause in a bankruptcy reorganization plan purporting to release non-debtor third parties from claims by other non…
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 Which is worse, that a debtor obtains a real property that she already owns, free of any liens, because a secured creditor failed to timely comply wit…
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 Is the LARRY W. PARR LIVING TRUST a 'business trust' and 'corporation' under the Bankruptcy Code?
18-9184 Michael B. White v. Collene K. Corcoran, Trustee, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-code-11-usc-506-c bankruptcy-code-11-usc-506(c) bankruptcy-conversion chapter-11 chapter-7 debtor-in-possession debtor-recovery debtor-rights preservation-costs recovery statutory-interpretation trustee-duties Did the 6 Circuit Court of Appeals err when it determined that a Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession loses all rights to recover under 11 USC 506(c) upon …
18-1337 Robert Rael, et ux. v. Patrick S. Layng, United States Trustee, Region 19 Tenth Circuit 2019-04-24 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-727 bankruptcy bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-court-jurisdiction chapter-11 chapter-11-plan chapter-eleven-plan civil-procedure court-order debtor post-confirmation property-of-estate property-of-the-estate subject-matter-jurisdiction willful-disobedience Whether a bankruptcy court's subject matter jurisdiction over what was property of the bankruptcy estate continues after the confirmation of a Chapter…
18-142 Allana Baroni v. The Bank of New York Mellon, fka The Bank of New York Ninth Circuit 2018-07-31 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-501 bankruptcy bankruptcy-creditor bankruptcy-procedure blank-indorsement chapter-11 creditor creditor-rights deed-of-trust federal-rules-bankruptcy-procedure federal-rules-of-bankruptcy-procedure promissory-note standing When a party to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case contends it can enforce the terms of promissory note and deed of trust, can it prove it is a 'creditor' e…
18-141 Allana Baroni v. CIT Bank N.A., fka OneWest Bank FSB, fka OneWest Bank NA Ninth Circuit 2018-07-31 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-501 bankruptcy bankruptcy-creditor bankruptcy-procedure blank-indorsement burden-of-proof chapter-11 creditor creditor-rights deed-of-trust federal-rules-bankruptcy-procedure federal-rules-of-bankruptcy-procedure promissory-note standing When a party to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case contends it can enforce the terms of promissory note and deed of trust, can it prove it is a 'creditor' e…