unsecured-claims

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-367 Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Cooperative de Ahorro y Credito Abraham Rosa, et al. First Circuit 2022-10-19 Denied bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge constitutional-claims equitable-treatment fresh-start just-compensation takings-clause unsecured-claims Are pre-bankruptcy unsecured claims for just compensation under the Takings Clause uniquely non-dischargeable, unlike every other type of unsecured cl…
20-310 Robert James Keach, Estate Representative of Post-Effective Date Estate of Montreal, Maine, and Atlantic Railway, Ltd. v. New Brunswick Southern Railway Company, Ltd., et al. First Circuit 2020-09-09 Denied bankruptcy-code federal-equity-receivership fosdick-v-schall priority-of-payment priority-payment railroad-reorganization six-months-rule unsecured-claims Whether the 'six months rule' entitles unsecured claims for necessary operating expenses incurred by a railroad in the six months before bankruptcy to…
18-747 Sonja Ritter v. Lois Brady, Chapter 7 Trustee Ninth Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied Amici (4) bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-chapter-7 bankruptcy-trustee chapter-7 chapter-7-liquidation judicial-precedent lien-stripping lien-valuation secured-claims stare-decisis statutory-interpretation unsecured-claims Whether Dewsnup v. Timm should be overruled