circuit_splits Cases
February 16, 2018
A case on the ability of state law to take property out of the estate after filing may not go to the Supreme Court.
December 14, 2017
Professors and former judges urge Supreme Court to review Sunnyslope.
November 7, 2017
Justices search for a ruling that limits Section 546(e) but isn’t too broad.
September 26, 2017
Allowing intervention as of right, First Circuit repudiates its own prior authority as ‘pure dicta.’
September 22, 2017
Circuit split pits the Ninth Circuit against three sister circuits on a crucial PACA issue.
September 20, 2017
Eleventh Circuit inveighs against harming innocent creditors by invoking judicial estoppel.
September 14, 2017
Third-party releases would have been approved even if there were no ‘safe harbor’ defense.
September 5, 2017
Ninth Circuit criticizes the Seventh for making the sovereign immunity waiver meaningless for Section 544(b)(1) suits.
September 1, 2017
Federalism concerns do not protect tax foreclosures like they do mortgage foreclosures, Judge Gravelle says.
August 4, 2017
High court should grant review to ensure fraudsters don’t escape consequences.