Supreme Court to Tackle a Bankruptcy Tax Refund Circuit Split Circuits are split on whether a tax refund presumptively goes to the subsidiary that created the losses giving rise to the refund. Read more about Supreme Court to Tackle a Bankruptcy Tax Refund Circuit Split
Supreme Court Denied ‘Cert.’ on Termination of Retiree Benefits The Eleventh Circuit had held that coal producers can sell assets and insulate the buyer from liability for paying retirees’ health benefits. Read more about Supreme Court Denied ‘Cert.’ on Termination of Retiree Benefits
Supreme Court to Say Whether Puerto Rico Oversight Board Was Constitutionally Appointed 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. Read more about Supreme Court to Say Whether Puerto Rico Oversight Board Was Constitutionally Appointed
Supreme Court Rejects Strict Liability for Discharge Violations ‘No objectively reasonable basis’ is the high court standard to find civil contempt for violating the discharge injunction. Judge Name - Do not use it. Stephen G. Breyer Read more about Supreme Court Rejects Strict Liability for Discharge Violations
Supreme Court Agrees to Rule on What Is or Is Not a ‘Final, Appealable’ Order For now, the high court ducks an important automatic stay question for chapter 13 debtors. Read more about Supreme Court Agrees to Rule on What Is or Is Not a ‘Final, Appealable’ Order
Licensee May Continue Using a Trademark after Rejection, Supreme Court Rules Supreme Court gets around to overruling Lubrizol almost 35 years later. Read more about Licensee May Continue Using a Trademark after Rejection, Supreme Court Rules
Supreme Court Hears Argument on Good Faith as Defense to Discharge Violation 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. Read more about Supreme Court Hears Argument on Good Faith as Defense to Discharge Violation
Supreme Court Won’t Intervene in Fight Between Jay Alix and McKinsey Supreme Court will not rule on whether upholding the integrity of the judicial system by itself confers appellate standing. Read more about Supreme Court Won’t Intervene in Fight Between Jay Alix and McKinsey
Nonjudicial Foreclosure Is Not Subject to the FDCPA, Supreme Court Rules Supreme Court says that activities not required by state law in nonjudicial foreclosure may be covered by the FDCPA. Read more about Nonjudicial Foreclosure Is Not Subject to the FDCPA, Supreme Court Rules
Supreme Court Declines to Rule on Equitable Mootness Sewer customers challenged the dismissal of their appeal from confirmation of the Jefferson County chapter 9 municipal debt restructuring. Judge Name - Do not use it. Supreme Court Read more about Supreme Court Declines to Rule on Equitable Mootness