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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Supreme Court to Decide Whether Section 363(m) Is a Jurisdictional Bar to Appeal
The Supreme Court now has two bankruptcy cases on the calendar for argument in the term to begin in October.
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Supreme Court Won’t Rule on Remedies for Overpayments and Violation of Rule 3002.1
The Supreme Court on June 13 declined to hear two bankruptcy cases in the term to begin next October.
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2018 Increase in U.S. Trustee Fees Held Unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion avoids saying whether the dual system of U.S. Trustees and Bankruptcy Administrators is itself unconstitutional.
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Supreme Court on Arbitration (Again): Perhaps Bankruptcy Is Exempt from Arbitration?
Cutting back on knee-jerk invocation of arbitration, the Supreme Court says that agreements to arbitrate are no more enforceable than ordinary contracts.
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Cert Granted to Decide: Is a Principal’s Liability for an Agent’s Fraud Nondischargeable?
The circuits are split on whether an innocent debtor’s liability is automatically nondischargeable when an agent or partner committed fraud.
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Supreme Court Hears Argument on Constitutionality of 2018 Increase in U.S. Trustee Fees
At oral argument, the justices seemed more concerned about the remedy to give if the dual fee system was unconstitutional.
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Supreme Court Rules Again on Arbitration, Saying Nothing Explicitly About Bankruptcy
The Supreme Court is still giving no hints about whether arbitration agreements are enforceable in bankruptcy cases.
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Supreme Court to Resolve Circuit Split on the 2018 Increase in U.S. Trustee Fees
The Supreme Court granted certiorari to decide whether the 2018 increase in U.S. Trustee fees violated the Bankruptcy Clause because it was not immediately applicable in two states with Bankruptcy Administrators.
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Government Urges Supreme Court to Review Constitutionality of the 2018 Increase in U.S. Trustee Fees
The U.S. Solicitor General wants the Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split and decide whether the increase in U.S. Trustee fees violated the Bankruptcy Clause because it was not immediately applicable in two states with bankruptcy administrators.
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