March 25, 2024
The unanimous decision on March 19 by Justice Gorsuch contains language that could be used on both sides of the argument about the validity of equitable mootness.
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March 21, 2024
The Supreme Court may decide that standing in bankruptcy cases is more flexible and that Article III standards don’t apply in chapter 11 cases.
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February 21, 2024
Any day now, the Second Circuit could create a split of circuits importuning the Supreme Court to decide whether chapter 13 trustees are paid fees even if no plan is confirmed.
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January 16, 2024
Several justices seemed to believe that ‘prospective relief’ is sufficient to remedy the due process violation because the alternatives are ineffective.
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December 05, 2023
At oral argument, the justices were focused on whether the word “appropriate” in Section 1123(b)(6) allows chapter 11 plans to include nonconsensual, nondebtor third-party releases.
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October 17, 2023
Supreme Court to decide whether a creditor has standing to object to any provision in a chapter 11 plan, even provisions that don’t affect the creditor.
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September 29, 2023
The Supreme Court will hear two bankruptcy cases in the new term: nondebtor releases, and refunds for overpayment of U.S. Trustee fees.
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August 01, 2023
Rebuffed in the Second Circuit, the Solicitor General is asking the Supreme Court to stay issuance of the mandate that would allow Purdue Pharma to consummate its chapter 11 plan.
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July 10, 2023
In a motion to stay the issuance of the mandate, the government has announced that it will be filing a petition for certiorari asking the Supreme Court to review the Second Circuit’s Purdue decision allowing bankruptcy courts to issue releases to nondebtors.
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June 27, 2023
Split 5/4, the Supreme Court rules that denial of a motion to compel arbitration automatically imposes a stay pending appeal.
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