| 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 |
Whether a late but otherwise correctly filed Form 1040 is a 'return' for purposes of §523(a) of the Bankruptcy Code |
| 23-994 |
Marcus Marchman v. Amerihome Mortgage Co. |
Georgia |
2024-03-12 |
Denied |
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bills-of-exchange bonds commerce-clause discharge foreclosure mortgage-debt securitized-debt standing title-48-cfr treasury-bonds u-c-c |
Can the identified 'Holder' of the Securitized mortgage debt avoid discharge of said debt when bonds are issued in accord with Title 48 C.F.R. Ch. 1, … |
| 22-705 |
George Matthew Culbertson, et ux. v. Wells Fargo USA Holdings, Inc., et al. |
Louisiana |
2023-01-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy chapter-7 civil-procedure discharge foreclosure servicemembers-civil-relief-act statute-of-limitations tolling |
Does 50 U.S.C.A. §3936 apply to toll a state statute of limitations on a state law foreclosure action? |
| 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 |
| 22-502 |
Spring Valley Produce, Inc., et al. v. Nathan Aaron Forrest, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-11-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge circuit-split civil-procedure debtor-liability discharge fiduciary-capacity fiduciary-duty paca perishable-agricultural-commodities-act statutory-trust |
Whether a debtor in bankruptcy may discharge liability for unlawfully violating a nonsegregated statutory trust |
| 22-5852 |
Brent Evan Webster v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-10-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
adversary-proceeding adversary-proceedings bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-procedure claim-discharge discharge homestead-protection judicial-error priority-claims res-judicata trustee trustee-administration |
Did the Portland US Bankruptcy Court err in dismissing the adversary filings of Webster, failing to sustain his prior discharge after previously perfo… |
| 21-1430 |
James K. Collins v. Michell R. Zolnier, dba CKC Properties, Top Star Leases |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-10 |
Denied |
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actual-fraud bankruptcy bankruptcy-code creditor creditor-rights debt-discharge discharge fraud fraudulent-transfer section-523 |
Whether the 'actual fraud' bar to discharge under Section 523(a)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code applies when transfers made by the debtor were deliberat… |
| 21-1154 |
Speech & Language Center, LLC, et al. v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey |
New Jersey |
2022-02-22 |
Denied |
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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? |
| 21-1033 |
Edward Mandel v. White Nile Software, Inc., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-01-21 |
Denied |
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appellate-procedure bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-law civil-procedure discharge due-process judicial-review non-dischargeable-claims settlement-agreement |
Whether the court of appeals erred in declining to allow evidence, witness and expert testimony at trial on the Settlement Agreement |
| 21-908 |
Kate Marie Bartenwerfer v. Kieran Buckley |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-21 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
11-usc-523 bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud circuit-split civil-liability discharge discharge-exception fraud imputation imputation-liability statutory-interpretation |
Whether an individual can be subject to liability for another's fraud barred from discharge in bankruptcy under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) by imputation… |
| 21-599 |
Margaret L. Kinney v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-10-26 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-court chapter-13 completion-discharge debtor-rights discharge modification motion-to-dismiss payment plan plan-modification |
Should a bankruptcy court deny a motion to dismiss and/or grant a completion discharge when there remains a shortfall that the debtor is willing and a… |
| 20-1829 |
Deafueh Monbo v. Eric Blair |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-07-01 |
Denied |
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bad-faith-filing bankruptcy bankruptcy-code chapter-7-bankruptcy copyright copyright-infringement discharge in-re-green-v-staples trademark trademark-infringement willful-and-malicious |
Whether the Bankruptcy Court erred in failing to recognize that Section 523(a)(6) prohibits the Debtor from discharging willful-and-malicious copyrigh… |
| 20-457 |
MarketGraphics Research Group, Inc. v. David Peter Berge |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-10-08 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge circuit-split debtor-liability discharge intent-standard objective-certainty statutory-interpretation subjective-intent willful-and-malicious-injury willful-injury |
Whether the 'willful and malicious injury' exception applies only where a debtor has a subjective intent to injure or may also be satisfied by conduct… |
| 19-8288 |
Mac Truong, et al. v. R. Kenneth Barnard, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-04-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
341(a)-meeting asset-collection bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-procedure chapter-7 chapter-7-trustee creditor-meeting debtor-rights discharge discharge-denial trustee |
May a Chapter 7 Trustee proceed to collect a Chapter 7 Debtor's assets before the Debtor would have successfully attended at least one 11 USC 341(a) C… |
| 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 |
Whether a justification for recordkeeping 'under all of the circumstances,' where supported by competent, admissible evidence, may be weighed and over… |
| 19-628 |
Michael Cetta, Inc., dba Sparks Restaurant v. National Labor Relations Board |
District of Columbia |
2019-11-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law civil-rights discharge due-process employee-discharge employer-statements employment labor-dispute labor-relations mutual-understanding national-labor-relations-act permanent-employment prudent-employee prudent-employee-standard replacement-workers standing unconditional-offer-to-return |
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding striking employees had been discharged in violation of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) |
| 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… |
| 18-8994 |
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 |
| 18-1130 |
David W. Charron v. Glenn S. Morris, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11-usc-523 bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-procedure contempt contempt-sanctions debt-discharge discharge discharge-of-debts due-process intent non-dischargeable non-dischargeable-debt non-dischargeable-debts statutory-interpretation |
Whether contempt sanctions are per se non-dischargeable debts under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(6) |
| 18-6074 |
Crystal Nicole Kuri v. Kansas Department of Labor, Employment Security Board of Review |
Kansas |
2018-09-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights college discharge due-process employment suspension termination |
Whether the college's termination of the employee's employment violated the employee's due process rights |
| 18-271 |
Zachary N. Trost, et ux. v. Sherry Trost |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-09-04 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge burden-of-proof discharge intent intent-standard kawaauhau-v-geiger non-dischargeable-debt restatement-of-torts wrongful-act wrongful-conduct |
What evidence is required to show that a wrongdoer intended the consequences of a wrongful act, rather than just the act itself, for a debt to be cons… |