No. 20-1028

Timothy L. Blixseth v. Credit Suisse

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-01-28
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: bankruptcy bankruptcy-reorganization chapter-11 circuit-split constitutional-rights due-process exculpation-clause non-debtor-release subject-matter-jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a nonconsensual exculpation clause in a bankruptcy reorganization plan purporting to release non-debtor third parties from claims by other non-debtor parties is invalid.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a nonconsensual exculpation clause in a bankruptcy reorganization plan purporting to release non-debtor third parties from claims by other nondebtor parties is invalid

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-29
Waiver of right of respondent Credit Suisse to respond filed.
2021-01-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 1, 2021)

Attorneys

Credit Suisse
Robert Mark LoebOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Respondent
Timothy Blixseth
Becky Walker JamesJames & Associates, Petitioner