Practice and Procedure

Fifth Circuit Vacates $240,000 in Sanctions for Being Criminal, Not Civil, Contempt

The Fifth Circuit dissenter says that the majority set aside findings of fact without showing them to be clearly erroneous.
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Barton Doctrine Protected a Receiver from an Automatic Stay Violation

The district court properly reversed and dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Barton.

ERISA Claims Resolved in Bankruptcy Court, Not Through Arbitration

With two federal statutes in conflict, Delaware’s Judge Goldblatt found a rebuttable presumption in favor of enforcing arbitration.

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