| 23-674 |
Rafael Hernández-Montañez v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico |
First Circuit |
2023-12-21 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
bankruptcy civil-procedure financial-crisis financial-oversight-and-management-board judicial-jurisdiction municipal-bankruptcy promesa promesa-act puerto-rico puerto-rico-debt territorial-instrumentality territorial-oversight |
On June 30, 2016, in response to a severe financial crisis that rendered the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico insolvent after the territory declared its in… |
| 19-387 |
Ambac Assurance Corporation v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
11-usc-904 11-usc-922 48-usc-2165 automatic-stay bankruptcy-code debt-enforcement municipal-bankruptcy municipal-debtors special-revenues statutory-interpretation |
Whether 11 U.S.C. § 904 and 48 U.S.C. § 2165 prohibit a bankruptcy court from enforcing the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code against municipal debtor… |
| 19-391 |
Assured Guaranty Corp., et al. v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
automatic-stay bankruptcy-code bond-debt debt-enforcement municipal-bankruptcy municipal-bond-market special-revenues |
Whether 11 U.S.C. § 922(d) mandates that there is no automatic stay of debt enforcement actions with respect to pledged special revenues |