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Nicholson v. Thrifty Payless, Inc.

Petition for certiorari denied on March 5, 2018

Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
17-772 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)
11/22/2017Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 27, 2017)
12/08/2017Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 27, 2017 to January 26, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
12/12/2017Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 26, 2018
01/25/2018Brief of respondents Thrifty Payless, Inc., and Rite Aid Corporation in opposition filed.
02/12/2018Reply of petitioners Brent Nicholson, et al. filed. (Distributed)
02/14/2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/2/2018.
03/05/2018Petition DENIED.