Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Debt Collection : 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: | Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury And Tort Law |
| Title: | Arkansas Dep't of Health & Human Servs. v. Ahlborn |
| Date: | 05/01/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–1506 |
| Summary: | Federal Medicaid law does not authorize a state's department of health services to assert a lien on a settlement in an amount exceeding the portion of the tort claimant's settlement constituting reimbursement for medical payments made, and a federal anti-lien provision affirmatively prohibits it from doing so. State third-party liability provisions are unenforceable insofar as they compel a different conclusion. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, International Law, Per Curiam |
| Title: | Ministry of Def. & Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Elahi |
| Date: | 02/21/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–1095 |
| Summary: | Judgment involving a private citizen's attempt to attach an asset belonging to Iran's Ministry of Defense in order to help satisfy a judgment for money damages is vacated where the court of appeals erred in applying an "engaged in commercial activity" exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. |
| 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. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Banking Law, Debt Collection, Education Law, Government Benefits, Government Law |
| Title: | Lockhart v. US |
| Date: | 12/07/05 |
| Case Number: | 04–881 |
| Summary: | The United States may offset Social Security benefits to collect a student loan debt that has been outstanding for over 10 years. |