No. 24-940
Timothy L. Blixseth v. Montana Department of Revenue
Amici (1)
Tags: bankruptcy-law circuit-split congressional-power eleventh-amendment involuntary-bankruptcy sovereign-immunity
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Latest Conference:
2025-06-05
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Eleventh Amendment prevents Congress from authorizing citizens to collect damages against states that force citizens into bankruptcy with meritless involuntary bankruptcy petitions.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Eleventh Amendment prevents Congress from authorizing citizens to collect damages against states that force citizens into bankruptcy with meritless involuntary bankruptcy petitions.
Docket Entries
2025-06-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/5/2025.
2025-05-19
Reply of Timothy Blixseth submitted.
2025-05-19
Reply of petitioner Timothy Blixseth filed. (Distributed)
2025-05-08
Brief of State of Montana Department of Revenue in opposition submitted.
2025-05-02
Brief of State of Montana Department of Revenue in opposition submitted.
2025-05-02
Brief of respondent Montana Department of Revenue in opposition filed.
2025-05-02
Brief of respondent Montana Department of Revenue in opposition filed. (Corrected - May 8, 2025)
2025-04-02
Amicus brief of The Hon. J. Rich Leonard (Ret.) and Law Professors Laura Coordes, Diane Lourdes Dick, Ishaq Kundawala, Nancy B. Rapoport, and Richard Squire submitted.
2025-04-02
Brief amici curiae of The Hon. J. Rich Leonard (Ret.), et al. filed.
2025-03-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 2, 2025.
2025-03-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 2, 2025 to May 2, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-02-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 2, 2025)
2024-11-04
Application (24A445) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 27, 2025.
2024-10-31
Application (24A445) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 29, 2024 to February 27, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
State of Montana Department of Revenue
Daniel G. Solomon — Husch Blackwell LLP, Respondent
The Hon. J. Rich Leonard (Ret.) and Law Professors Laura Coordes, Diane Lourdes Dick, Ishaq Kundawala, Nancy B. Rapoport, and Richard Squire
David Lee Bury Jr. — Stone & Baxter, LLP, Amicus
Timothy Blixseth
Matthew Nis Leerberg — Fox Rothschild, LLP, Petitioner