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The Oyez Project: Economic Activity Issues - Bankruptcy Decisions
U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Announcements, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org)
- Archer v. Warner - Opinion Announcement
Does the Bankruptcy Code cover a debt embodied in a settlement agreement that settled a creditor's earlier claim "for money...obtained by...fraud?"
- Bank of America v. 203 North LaSalle Partnership - Opinion Announcement
May a debtor's prebankruptcy equity holders contribute new capital and receive ownership in a reorganized entity when the creditor objected to the reorganization plan?
- Barnhill v. Johnson, Trustee - Opinion Announcement
No details yet. - BFP v. Resolution Trust Corporation, As Receiver Of Imperial Federal Savings Association - Opinion Announcement
Does a property's fair market value determine whether the amount of debt settled by a foreclosure sale is "reasonably equivalent" to the property's worth, as required by U.S.C. Section 548(a)(2)(A)?
- Dewsnup v. Timm - Opinion Announcement
No details yet. - FCC v. Nextwave Communications, Inc. - Opinion Announcement
Does section 525 of the Bankruptcy Code prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from revoking licenses held by a debtor in bankruptcy upon the debtor's failure to make timely payments owed to the FCC for purchase of the licenses?
- Grogan v. Garner - Opinion Announcement
What standard of evidence should bankruptcy courts apply in considering whether a debt was the result of "actual fraud" under section 523(a) of the Bankruptcy Code?
- Hartford Underwriters v. Union Planters Bank NA - Opinion Announcement
Does 11 USC Section 506(c) allow an administrative claimant in a bankruptcy case to seek payment of its administrative claim from the property of a bankrupt estate encumbered by a secured creditor's lien?
- Howard Delivery Service v. Zurich American Insurance Company - Opinion Announcement
May a creditor seek priority status in a bankruptcy case to recover unpaid premiums owed for legally-required workers' compensation insurance?
- Johnson v. Home State Bank - Opinion Announcement
No details yet. - Kelly v. Robinson - Opinion Announcement
No details yet. - Kontrick v. Ryan - Opinion Announcement
Are the deadlines established by Bankruptcy Rule 4004 "jurisdictional" - that is, do they trump other considerations no matter when they are raised?
- Owen v. Owen - Opinion Announcement
No details yet. - Patterson, Trustee v. Shumate - Opinion Announcement
No details yet. - Pioneer Investment Services Co. v. Brunswick Associates Limited Partnership - Opinion Announcement
No details yet. - Raleigh v. Illinois Dept. of Revenue - Opinion Announcement
Does the burden of proof on a tax claim in bankruptcy court remain with the trustee in a bankruptcy?
- Rousey v. Jacoway - Opinion Announcement
Are individual retirement accounts (IRAs) exempt from bankruptcy estates?
- Taylor v. Freeland & Kranz - Opinion Announcement
No details yet. - Till v. SCS Credit Corp. - Opinion Announcement
What is the proper interest rate when a bankruptcy filer seeks to reschedule his payments on a loan so that they are equal to the "total present value" of the loan?
- Toibb v. Radloff - Opinion Announcement
No details yet. - United Savings Assn. v. Timbers Of Inwood Forest - Opinion Announcement
No details yet. - United States v. Nordic Village, Inc. - Opinion Announcement
No details yet. - Young v. United States - Opinion Announcement
Is the Bankruptcy Code's "three-year lookback period," under which a discharge does not extinguish certain tax liabilities for which a return was due within three years before the filing of an individual debtor's petition, tolled during the pendency of a prior bankruptcy petition?
