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QUEENIE, LTD. v. NYGARD INT'L

Bankruptcy Law, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Remedies
An award of attorney's fees and punitive damages to defendant upon its successful defense of the plaintiffs' copyright infringement claim is affirmed....

MARCH v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERV.

Bankruptcy Law, Tax Law
Certificates of Assessment provided to taxpayers on Form 4340 were certified and valid, thus they were served with the requisite deficiency notices,...

BEDFORD CONSTR. v. THE PLAN COMMITTEE OF REG'L BLDG. SYS., INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Construction
Under New York law, as set forth in Triangle Sheet Metal Works, Inc. v. James H. Merritt and Co., 79 N.Y.2d 801, 588 N.E.2d 69 (1991), plaintiff...

OFFICIAL COMM. OF THE UNSECURED CREDITORS OF COLOR TILE, INC. v. COOPERS & LYBRAND, LLP.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts
In an action for breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract, the District Court's dismissal of the claims is affirmed, although some uncertainty...

EINSTEIN/NOAH BAGEL CORP. v. SMITH

Bankruptcy Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiff is not entitled to administrative priority given to an obligation under a sublease of commercial property because 11 U.S.C. section...

COLON v. OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORP.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
The right of an Illinois debtor to cure a default expires on completion of the foreclosure sale of the property, and does not continue during the...

IN RE: STERN

Bankruptcy Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Although a pension plan was properly included within a bankruptcy estate, the pension plan assets were exempt from distribution to debtor's creditors.

IN RE: HOOD

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
The Constitution's Bankruptcy Clause (Article I, section 8) gives Congress the power to abrogate states' sovereign immunity.

SINDLER v. BRENNAN

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
A petition in bankruptcy creates an automatic stay of all judicial proceedings against the debtor, and judicial proceedings in violation of the...

COVANTA ONONDAGA LTD. v. ONONDAGA COUNTY RESOURCE RECOVERY AGENCY

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Where case was initially removed from state court under 28 U.S.C. section 1452 as related to bankruptcy, then remanded back to state court based on...