11th Circuit Applies Totality-of-the-Circumstance Analysis to Judicial Estoppel

On September 18, in an en banc review, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit overruled, in part, seminal casesBarger v. City of Cartersville, 348 F.3d 1289 (11th Cir. 2003) and Burnes v. Pemco Aeroplex, Inc., 291 F.3d 1282 (11th Cir. 2002), adopting a totality-of-the-circumstances analysis when facing questions of judicial estoppel.

Filed under:
USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Troutman Pepper, Bankruptcy, United States bankruptcy court, Eleventh Circuit
Authors:
David Long, Jr. , Andrew B. Buxbaum , Timothy "Tim" J. St. George
Location:
USA
Firm:
Troutman Pepper