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Term
Issue

Whether the “actual fraud” bar to discharge under Section 523(a)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code applies only when the debtor has made a false representation, or whether the bar also applies when the debtor has deliberately obtained money through a fraudulent-transfer scheme that was actually intended to cheat a creditor.

Opinion
The Supreme Court held that the term “actual fraud” in §523(a)(2)(A) encompasses fraudulent conveyance schemes, even when those schemes do not involve a false representation. 

Click here to read the Supreme Court's opinion.

ABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle provides an analysis of the Court's opinion in Rochelle's Daily Wire. Click here to read the analysis. 

ABI Media Teleconference
May 18, 2016. 
Oral Arguments Date

Watch ABI Editor at Large Bill Rochelle provide a recap of the March 1 oral argument.

 

Watch Prof. Michelle Harner talk to Danielle Spinelli and Eric Brunstad, recapping their debate on the issues in the case at a special “‎Eye on Bankruptcy” segment from last month's Annual Spring Meeting.

 

 

Oral Arguments Date
Transcript
http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/15-145_2co3.pdf
Certiorari Granted Date
Petitions
Petition for a writ of certiorari.
Brief of respondent Daniel Lee Ritz, Jr.
Reply of petitioner Husky International Electronics, Inc.
Brief of petitioner Husky International Electronics, Inc.
Brief of respondent Daniel Lee Ritz, Jr.
Reply of petitioner Husky International Electronics, Inc.
Amicus Briefs
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
Brief amicus curiae of United States
Brief amici curiae of Bankruptcy Law Professors
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.
Brief amici curiae of Professors Richard Aaron, et al.
Brief amicus curiae of G. Eric Brunstad, Jr.