Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Bankruptcy Law : From 10/01/02 To 07/01/03
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration |
| Title: | CITIZENS BANK v. ALAFABCO, INC. |
| Date: | 06/02/03 |
| Case Number: | 02-1295 |
| Summary: | A debt-restructuring agreement had a sufficient nexus with interstate commerce to make an arbitration provision in that agreement enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury And Tort Law |
| Title: | ARCHER v. WARNER |
| Date: | 03/31/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-1418 |
| Summary: | A debt for money promised in a settlement agreement accompanied by the release of underlying tort claims can amount to a debt for money obtained by fraud, within the terms of the Bankruptcy Code's non-dischargeability statute, 11 U.S.C. section 523(a)(2)(A). |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property |
| Title: | FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N v. NEXTWAVE PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. |
| Date: | 01/27/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-653/657 |
| Summary: | Bankruptcy Code section 525 prohibits the FCC from removing licenses held by a debtor in bankruptcy upon the debtor's failure to make timely payments owed to the FCC for purchase of the licenses. |