Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Quebecor World (USA) Inc. v. American United Life Insurance Company
Petition for certiorari denied on February 24, 2014
Issue: Whether Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code eliminates the statutory power to avoid payments related to a securities transaction when a financial institution acts as a mere conduit for the transferred property, as the Second, Third, Sixth, and Eighth Circuits have held, or whether the financial institution must have a beneficial interest in the transferred property, as the Eleventh Circuit has held.
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- Petition of the day (Mary Pat Dwyer, February 22, 2014)
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 08/06/2013 | Application (13A162) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 8, 2013 to October 8, 2013, submitted to Justice Ginsburg. |
| 08/12/2013 | Application (13A162) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until October 8, 2013. |
| 10/08/2013 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 12, 2013) |
| 11/08/2013 | Waiver of right of respondents American United Life Insurance Company, et al. to respond filed. |
| 11/12/2013 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees filed. |
| 11/20/2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 6, 2013. |
| 11/21/2013 | Response Requested . (Due December 23, 2013) |
| 12/09/2013 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 22, 2014. |
| 01/22/2014 | Brief of respondents American United Life Insurance Company, et al. in opposition filed. |
| 02/04/2014 | Reply of petitioner Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Quebecor World (USA) Inc. filed. |
| 02/05/2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 21, 2014. |
| 02/11/2014 | Supplemental brief of respondents American United Life Insurance Company, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| 02/24/2014 | Petition DENIED. |