Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Bankruptcy Law : From 10/01/05 To 07/01/06
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, ERISA, Injury And Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation |
| Title: | Howard Delivery Serv., Inc. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co. |
| Date: | 06/15/06 |
| Case Number: | 05–128 |
| Summary: | In the context of bankruptcy law, premiums owed by an employer to a workers' compensation carrier do not fit within 11 U.S.C. section 507(a)(5), which accords priorities, among unsecured creditors' claims, for unpaid contributions to "an employee benefit plan." |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Bankruptcy Law, Civil Rights, Construction, Contracts, Food & Beverages |
| Title: | Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. MacDonald |
| Date: | 02/22/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–593 |
| Summary: | A plaintiff cannot state a claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1981 unless he has or would have rights under the existing or proposed contract that he wishes "to make and enforce." Section 1981 plaintiffs must identify injuries flowing from a racially motivated breach of their own contractual relationship, not of someone else's. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Debt Collection, Education Law |
| Title: | Cent. Virginia Cmty. Coll. v. Katz |
| Date: | 01/23/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–885 |
| Summary: | A bankruptcy trustee's proceeding to set aside the debtor's preferential transfers to state agencies is not barred by sovereign immunity. Pursuant to the Bankruptcy Clause, Congress may, at its option, either treat states in the same way as other creditors insofar as concerns "Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies" or exempt them from operation of such laws. |