Morton v. Mancari

Holding that the Indian Commerce Clause empowers Congress to “single Indians out as a proper subject for separate legislation.”

Oscar Mayer Co. v. Evans

Holding that "even if a state were to make timeliness a precondition for commencement, rather than follow the more typical pattern of making untimeliness an affirmative defense, a state proceeding will be deemed commenced" for purposes of Title VII

United States v. Menasche

Rejecting an interpretation of a statutory provision that would nullify the effect of another provision

Koehler v. Bank of Bermuda

Finding that interlocutory appeal was improvidently granted where "either way we rule, a remand will be required"

Klinghoffer v. S.N.C. Achille Lauro

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.'"

Flor v. BOT Financial Corp. (In re Flor)

Holding a denial of confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan is interlocutory and reasoning that the Second Circuit's holding in Maiorino v. Branford Savings Bank, a Chapter 13 case, “applies with comparable force” in the Chapter 11 context

White v. Nix

Holding that even when "the parties did not raise any jurisdictional issues court is obligated to raise such jurisdictional issues if it perceives any"

Woods & Erickson, LLP v. Leonard (In re AVI, Inc.)

Holding that a trustee is not required to avoid the initial transfer from the initial transferee before seeking to avoid it and recover from subsequent transferees, and noting that this “conclusion is consistent with case law that has disallowed automatic recovery from a subsequent transferee following the avoidance of an initial transfer through a stipulated judgment or default when the transferee had not been a party to the underlying avoidance proceeding”

Sec. Inv. Protection v. Stratton Oakmont, Inc.

Holding that a trustee could use § 544(b) to assert avoidance claims under New York law that pierced the corporate veil of a parent entity in the context of a fraudulent transfer to insiders

Westwood Pharmaceuticals v. Nat. Fuel Gas Dist

Holding that section 9601(C) applies to "owners" under both sub-section and subsection of section 9607

Rule 15 - Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

Finding that, per N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 1024, New York law provides a more forgiving principle for relation back in the context of naming John Doe defendants described with particularity in the complaint

Section 1292 - Interlocutory decisions

Granting appellate jurisdiction over the denial of an injunction

Section 502 - Allowance of claims or interests

Permitting summary adjudication or estimation of amounts due in bankruptcy claims adjudication

Section 544 - Trustee as lien creditor and as successor to certain creditors and purchasers

Granting to the bankruptcy trustee the power to "avoid any transfer of an interest of the debtor in property"

Section 547 - Preferences

Seeking to avoid preferential transfers

Section 548 - Fraudulent transfers and obligations

Seeking to avoid constructively fraudulent transfers

Section 550 - Liability of transferee of avoided transfer

Identifying a transferee’s liability to a trustee for, among other things, fraudulent transfers

Section 546 - Limitations on avoiding powers

Granting an administrative expense priority claim

Section 78aaa - Short title