third-party-release

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-490 Lujan Claimants v. Boy Scouts of America, et al. Third Circuit 2025-10-21 Denied Amici (2) asset-sale bankruptcy-code equitable-mootness nonconsensual-release reorganization-plan third-party-release 1. Whether 11 U.S.C. §363(m) applies to asset sales under reorganization plans —and if so, whether §363(m) immunizes Purdue-forbidden releases. 2. Wh…
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 …
21-1277 David Allen O'Neal v. Crawford County, Georgia Georgia 2022-03-23 Denied attorney-fees bankruptcy bankruptcy-court civil-procedure county-employee county-liability personal-jurisdiction third-party-release third-party-releases void-judgment Whether a judgment against a county employee in his official capacity is unenforceable without personal jurisdiction over the attorney