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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-1166 VSHPHH Trust v. United States, et al. Third Circuit 2024-04-29 Denied Response Waived asset-transfer bankruptcy civil-procedure debtor debtor-obligations nominee nominee-theory third-circuit-ruling third-party-beneficiary trustee-liability trusts Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in concluding that a trustee of a trust established for the benefit of third partie…
20-7601 Lynn Z. Smith v. New Jersey Bureau of Securities Third Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied IFP additional-documents bankruptcy bankruptcy-claim claim-objection creditor creditor-documents debtor debtor-rights evidence-discovery judicial-procedure rooker-feldman-doctrine The Questions Presented that immediately follow provide the U.S. Supreme Court with an opportunity to zero-in on current abuses in our state and feder…
19-1063 Joy Denby-Peterson v. NU2U Auto World, et al. Third Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (3) 11-usc-362 11-usc-362(a) 11-usc-362a automatic-stay bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-stay creditor creditor-rights debtor debtor-trustee property-possession property-rights turnover Whether a creditor who maintains possession of property in which a bankruptcy estate has an interest violates the Bankruptcy Code's automatic stay pro…
18-1337 Robert Rael, et ux. v. Patrick S. Layng, United States Trustee, Region 19 Tenth Circuit 2019-04-24 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-727 bankruptcy bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-court-jurisdiction chapter-11 chapter-11-plan chapter-eleven-plan civil-procedure court-order debtor post-confirmation property-of-estate property-of-the-estate subject-matter-jurisdiction willful-disobedience This case presents a conflict as to the subject matter jurisdiction of bankruptcy courts. It also presents conflicts as to whether an order entered by…
18-957 NextEra Energy, Inc. v. Elliott Associates, L.P., et al. Third Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Amici (1) 11-usc-363 11-usc-503 bankruptcy bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-sale breakup-fee business-judgment-rule circuit-split debtor section-363 section-503 Whether a debtor's decision to agree to a negotiated breakup fee as part of a sale transaction should be reviewed by the bankruptcy court under the de…