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Jim's Maintenance & Sons Inc. v. Target Corp. (In re Jim's Maintenance & Sons Inc.)

Summarized by Scottie Kleypas , Scottie S. Kleypas Law, LLC
15 years 2 months ago

Citation:: No. 10-6052 & No. 10-6053 (consoldidated), (10th Cir. Apr. 1, 2011)

Ruling:

Affirmed. Bankruptcy court's orders granting motions to lift automatic stay to allow creditor to pursue its crossclaims in two separate federal district courts in Texas and to file a counterclaim...

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10th Circuit

GAF Holdings, LLC v. Rinaldi (In re Farmland Industries, Inc.)

Summarized by David Shemano , ShemanoLaw
15 years 2 months ago

Citation:: Eight Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 09-3049 (April 4, 2011)

Ruling:

The Court of Appeals ruled that an unsuccessful bidder at a bankruptcy auction does not have standing to seek damages based upn the results of the sale where the debtor determined that the bidder...

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8th Circuit

CDX Liquidating Trust v. Venrock Associates et al.

Summarized by Jonathan Brand , Transworld Systems, Inc.
15 years 3 months ago

Citation:: CDX Liquidating Trust v. Venrock Associates, No.10-1953 (7th Cir. March 29, 2011)

Ruling:

Reversed and Remanded with Directions. The Seventh Circuit held, among other items, that disclosure of a conflict of a director’s interest may “insulate [a transaction or] agreement from...

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7th Circuit

In re DVI, Inc. Securities Litigation

Summarized by Richard Corbi , Otterbourg P.C.
15 years 3 months ago

Citation:: (Mar. 29, 2011 3d Cir.) (precedential)

Ruling:

To certify a class, the proposed class representative must satisfy each of the four requirements in Rule 23(a)—numerosity, commonality, typicality, and adequacy—and the putative class action...

Judge(s):

Sciricia, Ambro and Jones (United Statates District Court judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania sitting by designation)

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