Case No. 14-1257 (3d Cir. April 2, 2015) (NOT PRECEDENTIAL)
Ruling:
Grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed. Under New Jersey's Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (UFTA), trustee must demonstrate that debtor did not receive "reasonably equivalent...
Official Comm. of Unsecured Creditors v. Baldwin (In re Lemington Home for the Aged), Case No. 13-2707 (3d Cir. Feb. 23, 2015)
Ruling:
Petition for rehearing by the merits panel and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, en banc, is denied. In a separate opinion concurring in the denial of the petition for rehearing, four Circuit...
Judge(s):
McKee, Chief Judge; Rendell; Ambro; Fuentes; Smith; Fisher; Chagares; Jordan; Hardiman; Greenaway, Jr.; Vanaskie; Shwartz and Krause; Jordan (concurring, joined by Rendell, Ambro and Krause)
The district court's determination that the bankruptcy court orders in question unambiguously provide for pro rata distribution to all holders of general unsecured claims, including tort claims is...
Reversed and remanded to U.S. District Court for the the New Jersey. As applied to the advertisements of the plaintiff attorney and his firm, a New Jersey Supreme Court attorney conduct guideline...
Case No. 13-2139 (3d Cir. Jan. 16, 2014) (Not Precedential)
Ruling:
Appeal alleging district court abused its discretion when dismissing declaratory judgment action is moot where district court effectively ruled on the merits by denying appellants' subsequent...
Ettinger and Associates, LLC v. Miller (In re Miller), Case No. 12-3151 and 12-3152
Ruling:
In this precedential opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the District Court's order reversing a Bankruptcy Court's award of sanctions under Rule 9011 for failure to comply with the Rule's "safe...
In re W.R. Grace & Co., Case No. 12-2807 (3d Cir. July 24, 2013) (unpublished)
Ruling:
Co-defendant in asbestos-related litigation lacked standing to object to confirmation of Chapter 11 plan because objector failed to show a specific, identifiable injury that would result from plan...
Judge(s):
Ambro, Fisher and Jordan, Circuit Judges. [Written by Jordan]