Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The Bankruptcy Code Waived Tribes’ Sovereign Immunity

The Supreme Court resolved a split of circuits in an opinion that could give support to the notion that arbitration agreements are not enforceable in bankruptcy.

Supreme Court Holds that Real Estate Tax Foreclosures Can Violate the Takings Clause

The high court’s ruling on the Takings Clause also seems to mean that real estate tax foreclosures can be avoided as constructively fraudulent transfers.

Supreme Court Holds that PROMESA Didn’t Waive Puerto Rico’s Sovereign Immunity

The Supreme Court ducked the question of whether Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories are entitled to Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity just like states.

Supreme Court Argument: Can Real Estate Tax Foreclosure Violate the Takings Clause?

Eighteenth century ‘history and tradition’ might govern the constitutionality of real estate tax foreclosures where the government retains sale proceeds in excess of unpaid taxes.

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on Tribal Sovereign Immunity

It appears as though the Supreme Court will decide Lac du Flambeau based entirely on textual analysis of Section 106(a), which does not explicitly abrogate sovereign immunity as to Native American tribes.

Supreme Court Holds: § 363(m) Isn’t Jurisdictional; It’s a Limitation on Appellate Relief

The Supreme Court’s MOAC decision contains language casting doubt on the validity of the doctrine of equitable mootness.

Debts for a Partner’s Fraud Are Still Nondischargeable, the Supreme Court Says

The opinion by Justice Barrett largely bases the outcome on the use of the passive voice in Section 523(a)(2)(A).

Supreme Court to Hear Two More Bankruptcy Cases This Term

The high court will decide whether a real estate tax foreclosure can violate the Takings Clause and whether Section 106 abrogates sovereign immunity as to Native American tribes.

Bartenwerfer Argument Invites the Supreme Court to Depart from ‘Plain Meaning’

Will the Supreme Court add words to Section 523(a)(2)(A) to yield a result that the justices find more palatable?

Supreme Court Hears Argument on Section 363(m): Is It Jurisdictional or Not?

The justices seem inclined to hold that Section 363(m) is not jurisdictional, if they first decide that the appeal is not moot.

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