June 16, 2023
Supreme Court: The Bankruptcy Code Waived Tribes’ Sovereign Immunity
The Supreme Court resolved a split of circuits in an opinion that could give support to the notion that arbitration agreements are not enforceable in bankruptcy.
Supreme CourtMay 30, 2023
Supreme Court Holds that Real Estate Tax Foreclosures Can Violate the Takings Clause
The high court’s ruling on the Takings Clause also seems to mean that real estate tax foreclosures can be avoided as constructively fraudulent transfers.
Supreme CourtMay 17, 2023
Supreme Court Holds that PROMESA Didn’t Waive Puerto Rico’s Sovereign Immunity
The Supreme Court ducked the question of whether Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories are entitled to Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity just like states.
Supreme CourtApril 28, 2023
Supreme Court Argument: Can Real Estate Tax Foreclosure Violate the Takings Clause?
Eighteenth century ‘history and tradition’ might govern the constitutionality of real estate tax foreclosures where the government retains sale proceeds in excess of unpaid taxes.
Supreme CourtApril 26, 2023
Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on Tribal Sovereign Immunity
It appears as though the Supreme Court will decide Lac du Flambeau based entirely on textual analysis of Section 106(a), which does not explicitly abrogate sovereign immunity as to Native American tribes.
Supreme CourtApril 19, 2023
Supreme Court Holds: § 363(m) Isn’t Jurisdictional; It’s a Limitation on Appellate Relief
The Supreme Court’s MOAC decision contains language casting doubt on the validity of the doctrine of equitable mootness.
Supreme CourtFebruary 23, 2023
Debts for a Partner’s Fraud Are Still Nondischargeable, the Supreme Court Says
The opinion by Justice Barrett largely bases the outcome on the use of the passive voice in Section 523(a)(2)(A).
Supreme CourtJanuary 18, 2023
Supreme Court to Hear Two More Bankruptcy Cases This Term
The high court will decide whether a real estate tax foreclosure can violate the Takings Clause and whether Section 106 abrogates sovereign immunity as to Native American tribes.
Supreme CourtDecember 08, 2022
Bartenwerfer Argument Invites the Supreme Court to Depart from ‘Plain Meaning’
Will the Supreme Court add words to Section 523(a)(2)(A) to yield a result that the justices find more palatable?
Supreme CourtDecember 07, 2022
Supreme Court Hears Argument on Section 363(m): Is It Jurisdictional or Not?
The justices seem inclined to hold that Section 363(m) is not jurisdictional, if they first decide that the appeal is not moot.
Supreme Court