Supreme Court

Supreme Court Grants ‘Cert’ to Decide Whether Good Faith Is a Defense to Contempt

Supreme Court has three bankruptcy cases this term, on nonjudicial foreclosure, trademark rejection, and contempt for a stay violation.

Supreme Court to Decide Whether Rejection Terminates Use of a Trademark

High court will resolve a circuit split dating back to the Fourth Circuit’s controversial Lubrizol opinion in 1985.

Supreme Court Update: Two Bankruptcy Cases in the Running for ‘Cert’

Circuit splits over trademarks and the automatic stay are contenders for resolution in the Supreme Court.

Status Report on the Supreme Court

Already primed to rule on nonjudicial foreclosure, the Supreme Court might take cases involving contempt, the automatic stay and trademarks.

‘Cert’ Petition Wants Discharge Violations to Be Arbitrated

Petitioner contends the Second Circuit was wrong to bar arbitration in view of the Supreme Court’s decision in Epic Systems.

‘Cert’ Petition Asks Supreme Court to Overrule Lubrizol on Trademark Licenses

What did Congress mean in Sections 365(n) and 101(35A)? Is the right to use a trademark terminated when a trademark license is rejected?

A False Statement About One Asset Isn’t Grounds for Nondischargeability, Supreme Court Rules

High court resolves a circuit split on Section 523(a)(2)(B) and the meaning of “financial condition.”

Supreme Court Again Refuses to Define a ‘Transfer’ or an ‘Initial Transferee’

Circuit splits persist because the Supreme Court ducks fraudulent transfer cases.

Supreme Court Holds Argument in Lamar, Archer & Cofrin on Dischargeability

The high court seemed primed to rule that a debt will be discharged despite an oral misrepresentation about one asset.

Tribune Creditors Seek Reconsideration on Implied Preemption by the ‘Safe Harbor’

Following a suggestion made by two Supreme Court justices, Tribune creditors ask the Second Circuit to recall the mandate and remand for reconsideration in district court.

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