First Circuit Reverses the BAP for Fact-Finding on Appeal
First Circuit requires detailed fact-finding by the bankruptcy court on the credibility of witnesses and the elements of nondischargeability for false representations.
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Puerto Rico Bondholders Can’t Compel Payment During Bankruptcy, First Circuit Says
First Circuit interprets chapter 9 and PROMESA to permit but not compel payments to special revenue bondholders during debt arrangement proceedings.
Judge Name - Do not use it.
Juan R. Torruella
Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Suits to Restrict Puerto Rico’s Use of Tax Revenue
First Circuit bars use of declaratory judgments restricting Puerto Rico’s use of tax revenues.
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Juan R. Torruella
First Circuit Cans the Puerto Rico Oversight Board as Unconstitutionally Appointed
The appeals court is attempting to avoid chaos despite ruling that the appointment of Puerto Rico Oversight Board members violated the Appointments Clause of the Constitution.
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Juan R. Toruella
Circuit Split Deepens on Rejection of Trademark Licenses
First Circuit follows the Fourth Circuit’s Lubrizol and rejects the Seventh Circuit’s Sunbeam.
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William J. Kayatta, Jr., Juan R. Torruella