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Stark v. Stark

Summarized by Scott Gautier , Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
15 years 4 months ago

Citation:: 09-17201 (9th Cir. Feb. 15, 2011)

Ruling:

Rooker-Feldman doctrine has little or no application in a bankruptcy proceeding that invokes substantive rights under the Bankruptcy Code. Bankruptcy Courts have right to reverse, amend or...

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9th Circuit

Mid-City Bank v. Skyline Woods Homeowners Association (In re Skyline Woods Country Club)

Summarized by Michael Cooley , Reed Smith LLP
15 years 4 months ago

Citation:: No. 10-2618 (8th Cir. February 22, 2011).

Ruling:

Affirmed. The Eighth Circuit held that denial of the purchaser’s motion to reopen the bankruptcy case for the purpose of declaring a state court order void was not an abuse of discretion. ...

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8th Circuit

ReGen Capital I, Inc. v. UAL Corp. (In re UAL Corp.)

Summarized by Paul Lucey , Leverson Lucey & Metz, S.C.
15 years 4 months ago

Citation:: ___ F.3d ___ (7th Cir. 2011)

Ruling:

Although the purchaser of a prepetition claim arising under an executory contract would have been entitled under the language of its assignment agreement to a cure payment had the contract been...

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7th Circuit

Retirement Plan of the UNITE HERE National Retirement Fund v. Kombassan Holding A.S.

Summarized by Janice Grubin , Barclay Damon, LLP
15 years 4 months ago

Citation:: No. 07-4143 (2d Cir. December 21, 2010)

Ruling:

The Court held that Kombassan was liable for the ERISA withdrawal liabiity of HOM based on Kombassian being the alter ego of the HOM shareholders in continuing to exercise complete control over...

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2nd Circuit

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