1. Introduction
Canada, Alberta, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Gowling WLG, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1985 (Canada), Supreme Court of Canada, Court of Appeal of Alberta
The Supreme Court may revisit two of the many questions left open by its much-discussed decision in Stern v. Marshall, 131 S. Ct. 2594 (2011), an opinion famous not only for its subject – the estate of the late actress and model Anna Nicole Smith – but also for redefining the allocation of judicial authority between an Article III federal district court and a bankruptcy court. Appellants have filed a petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Executive Benefits Insurance Agency v.
USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Milbank LLP, Article III US Constitution, Ninth Circuit, United States bankruptcy court