No. 20-46

Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas v. Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response Waived
Tags: bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-jurisdiction debtor-rights due-process in-rem-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity state-property state-property-rights takings
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

whether a bankruptcy court's in rem jurisdiction over a debtor's property allows it to exercise in rem jurisdiction over the separate property of an arm of the State without that entity's consent and without violating the Port Authority's sovereign immunity?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a bankruptcy court's in rem jurisdiction over a debtor's property allows it to exercise in rem jurisdiction over the separate property of an arm of the State without that entity's consent and without violating the Port Authority's sovereign immunity?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-19
Brief amici curiae of State of Indiana, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2020-08-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-31
Waiver of right of respondent Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC and Sherwin Pipeline, Inc. to respond filed.
2020-07-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 19, 2020)

Attorneys

Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County Texas
Mark G. ArnoldHusch Blackwell Sanders LLP, Petitioner
Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC and Sherwin Pipeline, Inc.
Erin E. MurphyKirkland & Ellis LLP, Respondent
State of Indiana, et al.
Thomas M. FisherOffice of the Indiana Attorney General, Amicus