lower-court-confusion

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-925 Michael Shane McCormick, Sr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-02-27 Denied circuit-split consultation-duty criminal-appeal criminal-conviction defendant-consultation defense-counsel flores-ortega lower-court-confusion reasonable-effort sixth-amendment Under the Sixth Amendment, counsel's duty to "consult" regarding a criminal appeal has two independent requirements—"advising the defendant about the …
22-772 Ultra Petroleum Corporation, et al. v. Ad Hoc Committee of OpCo Unsecured Creditors, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-02-16 Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy-code creditor-recovery judicial-exception lower-court-confusion post-petition-interest solvent-debtor-exception statutory-interpretation statutory-text unmatured-interest Whether an unwritten "solvent-debtor exception" overrides the Bankruptcy Code's statutory text and allows creditors in solvent-debtor cases to recover…
20-481 GE Capital Retail Bank v. Nyree Belton Second Circuit 2020-10-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bankruptcy-code debt-discharge federal-arbitration-act implied-repeal legal-procedure lower-court-confusion precedent statutory-discharge statutory-interpretation Whether provisions of the Bankruptcy Code providing for a statutorily enforceable discharge of a debtor's debts impliedly repeal the Federal Arbitrati…