deed-validity

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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 Whether the transfer avoidance provisions of the bankruptcy code should give way to state law regarding transfers and whether an Affidavit of Sale suf…
20-1675 Melvin L. Phillips, Individually and as Trustee for Melvin L. Phillips, Sr., et al. v. Oneida Indian Nation Second Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived deed-validity discovery federal-courts indian-nation jurisdiction land-jurisdiction land-ownership necessary-party state-involvement state-sovereignty tax-map trust-property Can the federal court exercise jurisdiction over this case when the land is listed on a tax map and the tax rolls in the name of New York State?