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Nicholson v. Thrifty Payless, Inc.

Petition for certiorari denied on March 5, 2018
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
17-772 9th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2017

Issue: Whether a debtor who has inadvertently failed to disclose the existence of a potential claim in a bankruptcy petition should be estopped from litigating that claim because she is attributed a presumption of deceit where she had knowledge of the facts that gave rise to the undisclosed claim without regard to her subjective intent.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Nov 22 2017Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 27, 2017)
Dec 08 2017Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 27, 2017 to January 26, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Dec 12 2017Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 26, 2018
Jan 25 2018Brief of respondents Thrifty Payless, Inc., and Rite Aid Corporation in opposition filed.
Feb 12 2018Reply of petitioners Brent Nicholson, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 14 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/2/2018.
Mar 05 2018Petition DENIED.