Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Bankruptcy Law : From 10/01/06 To 07/01/07
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Bankruptcy Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, M&A |
| Title: | Beck v. PACE Int'l Union |
| Date: | 06/11/07 |
| Case Number: | 05-1448 |
| Summary: | Merger is not a permissible method of terminating a single-employer defined-benefit pension plan under ERISA. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Public Utilities |
| Title: | Travelers Cas. & Surety Co. of Am. v. Pac. Gas & Elec. Co. |
| Date: | 03/20/07 |
| Case Number: | 05–1429 |
| Summary: | Federal bankruptcy law does not disallow contract-based claims for attorney's fees based solely on the fact that the fees were incurred litigating bankruptcy law issues. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Bankruptcy Law |
| Title: | Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Massachusetts |
| Date: | 02/21/07 |
| Case Number: | 05-996 |
| Summary: | In a bankruptcy case involving the issue of whether a debtor in a Chapter 7 proceeding, despite bad faith conduct, has an absolute right to convert under section 706(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Court rules that the courts in this case correctly held that the debtor forfeited his right to proceed under Chapter 13. The Court does not indicate with precision what conduct qualifies as "bad faith" sufficient to permit a bankruptcy judge to dismiss a Chapter 13 case or to deny conversion from Chapter 7, except to indicate the debtor's conduct must be atypical. |