Business Reorganization

Eighth Circuit Comes Near to Abolishing Equitable Mootness

Circuit Judge Loken predicts the Supreme Court will abolish equitable mootness if the lower courts don’t cut back and start reviewing the merits of confirmed chapter 11 plans.
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‘Cert’ Petitions Raise Equitable Mootness and Federal Preemption in the Supreme Court

‘Cert’ petitions presenting two bankruptcy issues worthy of review by the Supreme Court will be considered by the justices at the ‘long conference’ on September 27.