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Washington to California's determinate sentencing law: Philip Morris USA v. Williams: 549 U.S. 346 (2007) constitutional limitations on punitive damages: Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Massachusetts: 549 U.S. 365 (2007) bad-faith exception to the right to convert Chapter 7 bankruptcy case to a Chapter 13 case
This is a list of Supreme Court of the United States cases in the area of bankruptcy. This list is a list solely of United States Supreme Court decisions about applying law related to bankruptcy. Not all Supreme Court decisions are ultimately influential and, as in other fields, not all important decisions are made at the Supreme Court level.
On May 20, 2016, Intervention Energy Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and EIG filed a lawsuit to stop the process stating that according an agreement, Intervention could not file for bankruptcy protection without 100% of shareholder votes. As EIG did not vote to support it, Intervention was in breach of contract.
GMAC ResCap, Inc., earlier Residential Funding Company LLC and Residential Capital Corporation, was a residential mortgage loan originator and servicer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was a subsidiary of GMAC (now Ally Financial ).
Your attorney can help you consider your bankruptcy options and determine which is the best fit for your financial situation. File a separate adversary proceeding to discharge your student loans.
An environmental group has sued the U.S. Energy Department over its decision to award over $1 billion to help keep California’s last nuclear power plant running beyond a planned closure that was ...
Most bankruptcy attorneys predicted that this will result in increased attorneys fees and will make attorneys less likely to take on some cases. In addition, bankruptcy filings are now subject to audit in a manner similar to tax returns. Increased compliance requirements for small businesses. The new law increases the bureaucratic compliance ...
The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) launched an emergency appeal on Tuesday to raise 100 million Swiss francs ($112.3 million) to support victims of the ...