October 16, 2019
The justices recognized the practical effects of the decision they will make on Puerto Rico and precedent that could undermine the governance of territories and Washington, D.C.
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September 20, 2019
Professing to follow Ritzen, Sixth Circuit BAP reverts to a more pragmatic approach to ‘finality.’
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July 09, 2019
Circuits are split on whether a tax refund presumptively goes to the subsidiary that created the losses giving rise to the refund.
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July 03, 2019
The Eleventh Circuit had held that coal producers can sell assets and insulate the buyer from liability for paying retirees’ health benefits.
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June 24, 2019
The appeal to the Supreme Court may become moot if the Senate confirms the appointment of the existing members of the Puerto Rico Oversight Board.
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June 03, 2019
‘No objectively reasonable basis’ is the high court standard to find civil contempt for violating the discharge injunction.
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May 21, 2019
For now, the high court ducks an important automatic stay question for chapter 13 debtors.
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May 20, 2019
Supreme Court gets around to overruling Lubrizol almost 35 years later.
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April 25, 2019
In Taggart v. Lorenzen, the justices sounded largely noncommittal, except for the Chief Justice, who seemed in the debtor’s camp favoring a stricter standard for contempt of the discharge injunction.
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April 23, 2019
Supreme Court will not rule on whether upholding the integrity of the judicial system by itself confers appellate standing.
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