Case law

Sean Southard, as Plan Administrator of the Amende v. BARRETT

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · Nov 15, 2019

Silverman was often present when joint board meetings were held, but that does not show that he was a board member of HHSH. … Kershner was elected to the “board of directors” without clarifying whether that meant he was a member of the HHSH board, the HHCS board, or both.

In Re Fairmont Communications Corp.

155 B.R. 64 · United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · May 17, 1993

See generally Ross v. Kirschenbaum (In re Beck Indus., Inc.), 605 F.2d 624 (2d Cir.1979). … A representative of Price sits on Fairmont’s Board of Directors, and since the Filing Date, Price has played an active role in these cases.

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Sunbeam Corp. v. Morgan Stanley & Co. (In Re Sunbeam Corp.)

284 B.R. 355 · United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · Oct 18, 2002

Brown & Co., 947 F.2d 595, 600 (2d Cir.1991) (other citations omitted). … In Unsecured Creditors Committee v.

In Re B.K.B. Enterprises, Inc.

97 B.R. 170 · United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · Mar 7, 1989

Butner v. United States, 440 U.S. 48, 55 , 99 S.Ct. 914, 918 , 59 L.Ed.2d 136 (1978); Chicago Board of Trade v. Johnson, 264 U.S. 1, 10 , 44 S.Ct. 232, 234 , 68 L.Ed. 533 (1924).

Hassett v. McColley (In Re O.P.M. Leasing Services, Inc.)

28 B.R. 740 · United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · Mar 10, 1983

Co. v. … Honold v.

In re Soundview Elite Ltd.

594 B.R. 108 · United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · Nov 6, 2018

See DeConza Dec'l at Exh. 12 (Resolutions of Board of Directors) As a director, Fletcher unquestionably owed fiduciary obligations to the Funds. … Woerz v.

Eisenberg v. Feiner (In Re Ahead by a Length, Inc.)

100 B.R. 157 · United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · May 26, 1989

Browning-Ferris Industries, 590 F.Supp. 1528, 1537 (W.D.Pa.1984), that she specify what was mailed or communicated through the wires, when they were used and which person used them. … See Schacht v. Brown, 711 F.2d 1343 (7th Cir.), cert. denied 464 U.S. 1002 , 104 S.Ct. 509 , 78 L.Ed.2d 698 (1983).

In re Westinghouse Elec. Co.

588 B.R. 347 · United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · Aug 1, 2018

Shann v. Dunk , 84 F.3d 73 , 77 (2d Cir. 1996) (collecting cases); see also Brown v. … See Brown v. Cara , 420 F.3d 148 , 157 (2d Cir. 2005).

Bentley v. Marro (In Re Bentley)

12 B.R. 528 · United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · Jul 14, 1981

Beach v. Nixon, 9 N.Y. 35 (1853). … Lawyers’ Title and Guaranty Co. v. Tausig, supra; Mahshie v. Dooley, 48 Misc.2d 1098 , 266 N.Y.S.2d 661 (Sup. Ct. 1965).

In Re Ginsberg

164 B.R. 870 · United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · Mar 16, 1994

See Hammer v. … See Brown v. Barley (In re Barley), 130 B.R. 66, 70 (Bankr.N.D.Ind. 1991); Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. v. Stein (In re Stein), 102 B.R. 363, 367 (Bankr.S.D.N.Y. 1989).

BSG Corp.

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · Apr 9, 2026

S.D.N.Y. 1984); see also Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Spivey, 265 B.R. 357, 372 (E.D.N.Y. 2001) (citing Somlyo v. J. … S.D.N.Y. 1991), aff’d, Mulligan v. Sobiech, 131 B.R. 917 (S.D.N.Y. 1991).

The Bankruptcy Estate of Norske Skogindustrier AS and Tom Hugo Ottesen - Adversary Proceeding

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · Oct 4, 2021

During the summer of 2015, Norske Skogindustrier’s board (the “Norske Board”) began work on a second refinancing scheme, named Carra II (the “Second Restructuring”). (Id. ¶ 93.) … Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007)); Kiobel v.

In Re Caldor, Inc.-NY

193 B.R. 165 · United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · Feb 27, 1996

Board of Education v. Nyquist, 590 F.2d 1241, 1246 (2d Cir.1979) (citations and footnotes omitted). … Co. v. RJR Nabisco, Inc., 721 F.Supp. 534, 538 (S.D.N.Y.1989). See Silver Chrysler Plymouth, Inc. v. Chrysler Motors Corp., 518 F.2d 751, 757 (2d Cir.1975). See also Board of Education v.

In Re Millennium Global Emerging Credit Master Fund Ltd.

471 B.R. 342 · United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · May 25, 2012

In re Kane, 628 F.3d 631 , 641 n. 7 (3d Cir.2010) (noting that property of the estate “encompasses contingent property interests such as causes of action”); iXL Enterprises, Inc. v. … Compare In re Hughes, 281 B.R. 224 (Bankr.S.D.N.Y. *348 2002) (pending proceeding rule not applied), with In re Board of Directors of Hopewell Int’l Ins. Ltd., 258 B.R. 580 (Bankr.S.D.N.Y.2001) (rule applied).

In re Sabine Oil & Gas Corp.

555 B.R. 180 · United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · Aug 18, 2016

V. … Ass’n of Tex. v.

In Re Millennium Global Emerging Credit Master Fund Ltd.

458 B.R. 63 · United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · Aug 26, 2011

See, e.g., In re Board of Directors of Hopewell Int’l Ins. … Corp. v.

Townview Nursing Home—Debtor-In-Possession v. New York (In Re Townview Nursing Home)

28 B.R. 431 · United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · Feb 25, 1983

Nathanson v. Labor Board, 344 U.S. 25, 30 , 73 S.Ct. 80, 83 , 97 L.Ed. 23 (1952). Accord Smith v. Hoboken R. Co., 328 U.S. 123 , 66 S.Ct. 947 , 90 L.Ed. 1123 (1946); Thompson v. Texas M.R. … United States v. Western Pacific Railroad Co., 352 U.S. 59, 64-65 , 77 S.Ct. 161, 165 , 1 L.Ed.2d 126 (1956). Accord Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York v.

Guccione v. First Federal Sayings & Loan Ass'n of Suffern (In Re Guccione)

41 B.R. 289 · United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · Jul 11, 1984

See, e.g., United States v. … .”); Prentis v.

RMM Records & Video Corp. v. Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp. (In Re RMM Records & Video Corp.)

372 B.R. 619 · United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · Jul 31, 2007

See also European American Bank v. … Eckerson v. Board of Ed., and Trustees of School, 126 A.D. 414 , 110 N.Y.S. 769, 771-72 (2d Dep’t 1908) (“ ‘shall have been’ is a future perfect tense, for it contemplates an event completed in the future”).

Weisfelner ex rel. LB Creditor Trust v. Fund 1 (In re Lyondell Chemical Co.)

554 B.R. 655 · United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · Jul 28, 2016

On July 16, 2007, Lyon-dell’s board of directors authorized the cash-out merger of Lyondell’s shareholders for $48 per share. (Third Am. Compl. (Fund 1, ECF Doc. # 1941) ¶¶ 1, 258-59.) … Corp. v. Morgan Stanley Inv. Mgmt.