Summarized by Stephen Falanga , Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP
14 years 2 months ago
Citation:
No. 11-1724 (3rd Cir. 2011) 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 34
Ruling:
A creditor’s appeal of a bankruptcy court order confirming a chapter 11 plan of reorganization and disallowing an objection by the creditor with respect to payment of an alleged $50 million claim...
Judge(s):
SLOVITER , VANASKIE , Circuit Judges and Lawrence F. Stengel , United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, sitting by designation.
The United States Court of Appeals for Third Circuit affirms the United States District Court for the District of Delaware’s order affirming the Bankruptcy Court’s decision enforcing the...
Following the confirmation of a debtor's plan of reorganization, a group of former investors in the debtor filed suit in federal district court against the administrative agent for certain...
Case No. 11-1616 (3d Cir. Nov. 4, 2011) (Not Precedential)
Ruling:
A debtor who willfully evades a tax is not entitled to the discharge of that debt, as indicated in Bankruptcy Code § 523(a)(1)(C), as such benefit is reserved for the “honest but unfortunate...
Summarized by Colin Robinson , Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
14 years 4 months ago
Citation:
No. 11-2968 (3d Cir. October 26, 2011)
Ruling:
The Rooker-Feldman doctrine prevents lower federal courts from excercising jurisdiction over cases filed by unsuccessful state court litigants challenging state court judgments issued prior to the...
A defendant violates Section 1 of the Sherman Act by engaging in concerted action that imposes an unreasonable restraint on trade. An unreasonable restraint on trade (under the per se standard) is...
Case No. 09-3047 (3d Cir. Oct. 6, 2011) (Not Precedential)
Ruling:
The term "inverse condemnation" is a short description of the manner in which a landowner recovers just compensation for a taking of his property by the government when condemnation proceedings...
In re Pontell, No. 11-3028 (3d Cir. Sept. 29, 2011) (NOT PRECEDENTIAL)
Ruling:
Third Circuit dismissed Chapter 13 debtors' appeal of order lifting the automatic stay as moot when Bankruptcy Court had already dismissed the bankruptcy case and decision of dismissal went...
Case No. 10-4456 (3d Cir. Sept. 21, 2011) (Precedential)
Ruling:
The Third Circuit reversed the decision of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania granting summary judgment to the defendants, officers and directors of debtor...
