United States First Circuit

In bankruptcy proceedings, involving a dispute over ownership of a tax refund between a non-debtor spouse and the bankruptcy estate's trustee, the question of whether a non-debtor spouse is entitled to a portion of a prepetition tax refund, where the parties filed a joint return and the non-debtor spouse earned no income for the tax year for which the return was filed, is certified to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/30/2010
• Published 04/30/2010

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before BOUDIN, STAHL, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kathleen R. Cruickshank, with whom D. Ethan Jeffery and Hanify & King were on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Todd B. Gordon, with whom Stephen F. Gordon and The Gordon Law Firm were on brief, for appellee.