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Granfinanciera, S.A. v. Nordberg, 492 U.S. 33 (1989), is a 1989 United States Supreme Court case concerning the Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution.In a majority opinion by William J. Brennan, Jr., the Court held that the Seventh Amendment guaranteed individuals the right to a jury trial if they are sued by a bankruptcy trustee seeking the recovery of an allegedly fraudulent ...
Chicago-based hardware retailer True Value, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, could lay off nearly 900 employees in Illinois alone if the company isn’t sold during bankruptcy ...
On February 9, 2009, a partial judgment in the December 11, 2008, civil suit by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, case SEC v. Madoff, 08-10791 in U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan) was made permanent. [112] As part of the judgment, Madoff was banned from the securities industry.
United States bankruptcy courts are courts created under Article I of the United States Constitution. [1] The current system of bankruptcy courts was created by the United States Congress in 1978, effective April 1, 1984. [2] United States bankruptcy courts function as units of the district courts and have subject-matter jurisdiction over ...
A U.S. bankruptcy court trustee is planning to shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars media platform and liquidate its assets to help pay the $1.5 billion in lawsuit judgments Jones ...
How your bankruptcy will play out depends on the type of bankruptcy you file. A trustee is typically appointed to take over your property and assess it for resale during Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
The study found that "about half" of bankruptcy filers in the year 2001 cited out-of-pocket medical bills in excess of $10,000 as a major contributor to bankruptcy (the average bankruptcy filer in this study was a 41-year-old woman with a median income of $25,000, slightly below the personal income average for that year).
Bankruptcy is a legal process that helps individuals overwhelmed by debt eliminate or reorganize what they owe. For individuals, there are two main types of bankruptcy : Chapter 7 and Chapter 13.