Supreme Court

Will the Supreme Court add words to Section 523(a)(2)(A) to yield a result that the justices find more palatable?

The Supreme Court on June 13 declined to hear two bankruptcy cases in the term to begin next October.

Cutting back on knee-jerk invocation of arbitration, the Supreme Court says that agreements to arbitrate are no more enforceable than ordinary contracts.

The circuits are split on whether an innocent debtor’s liability is automatically nondischargeable when an agent or partner committed fraud.

The Supreme Court is still giving no hints about whether arbitration agreements are enforceable in bankruptcy cases.

Supreme Court narrows Spokeo by holding that violation of a statute won’t always give rise to standing and the right to sue for damages.

Justices rule that affirmative action is required before withholding property amounts to controlling estate property and results in an automatic stay violation.

Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split by deciding whether a change in the status quo must occur before the automatic stay is violated.

Compassion and intellect mark the bankruptcy opinions and dissents by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

The Supreme Court declined to decide whether the automatic stay terminates automatically after a repeat filing as to all property or only property of the debtor.