§Why CasetextPricing

In Re: LightSquared Inc.

MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 6 MOTION for Leave to Appeal

36 Cited authorities

  1. Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.

    621 F.3d 111 (2d Cir. 2010)   Cited 1,028 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding ATS liability does not extend to corporate defendants

  2. Pepper v. Litton

    308 U.S. 295 (1939)   Cited 1,856 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that bankruptcy court has equitable power to disallow or subordinate state judgment

  3. Doninger v. Niehoff

    642 F.3d 334 (2d Cir. 2011)   Cited 385 times
    Holding that qualified immunity protects official conduct unless pre-existing law makes the unlawfulness of the conduct apparent

  4. Klinghoffer v. S.N.C. Achille Lauro

    921 F.2d 21 (2d Cir. 1990)   Cited 414 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "it continues to be true that only 'exceptional circumstances [will] justify a departure from the basic policy of postponing appellate review until after the entry of a final judgment.'"

  5. Murray v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

    583 F.3d 173 (2d Cir. 2009)   Cited 137 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “a member of the trial team” who “will not act as an advocate before the jury . . . is [not] properly considered trial counsel for purposes of Rule 3.7”

  6. Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. BDO Seidman, LLP

    222 F.3d 63 (2d Cir. 2000)   Cited 147 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Affirming dismissal of customers' claims where "plaintiffs concede that customers never received or reviewed any of the financial statements"

  7. In re Adelphia Communications Corp.

    365 B.R. 24 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2007)   Cited 100 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the ordinary course of business defense raises factual issues not appropriate at the motion to dismiss stage

  8. Linkco, Inc. v. Fujitsu Ltd.

    230 F. Supp. 2d 492 (S.D.N.Y. 2002)   Cited 87 times
    Finding defendant misappropriated plaintiff's confidential information in bad faith and used it for its own benefit where former employee showed defendant plaintiff's confidential information and had secret meetings with defendant

  9. NML CAPITAL, LTD v. BCRA

    652 F.3d 172 (2d Cir. 2011)   Cited 63 times
    Vacating attachment of same reserves

  10. In re Washington Mutual, Inc.

    461 B.R. 200 (Bankr. D. Del. 2011)   Cited 56 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Concluding that Stern did not deprive bankruptcy courts of the constitutional authority to enter final orders on motions to approve settlements, because approval of settlements by such courts is a “firmly established historical practice,” and there is a fundamental difference between approval of settlement claims and a ruling on the merits of the claims

  11. Section 1292 - Interlocutory decisions

    28 U.S.C. § 1292   Cited 22,386 times   196 Legal Analyses
    Granting appellate jurisdiction over certain types of interlocutory orders

  12. Section 158 - Appeals

    28 U.S.C. § 158   Cited 18,169 times   57 Legal Analyses
    Granting district courts appellate jurisdiction over "final judgments, orders, and decrees" of bankruptcy courts

  13. Section 502 - Allowance of claims or interests

    11 U.S.C. § 502   Cited 9,173 times   85 Legal Analyses
    Permitting summary adjudication or estimation of amounts due in bankruptcy claims adjudication

  14. Section 510 - Subordination

    11 U.S.C. § 510   Cited 1,709 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Seeking equitable subordination of pending punitive damages awards to the claims of unsecured creditors

  15. Rule 8003 - Appeal as of Right-How Taken; Docketing the Appeal

    Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8003   Cited 654 times
    Stating that “[i]f a party is proceeding pro se, the clerk must send the notice of appeal to the party's last known address”