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Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Quebecor World (USA) Inc. v. American United Life Insurance Company

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on February 24, 2014.

Docket No.13-455
Op. Below2d Cir.
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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.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Aug 6, 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.
Aug 12, 2013
Application (13A162) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until October 8, 2013.
Oct 8, 2013
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 12, 2013)
Nov 8, 2013
Waiver of right of respondents American United Life Insurance Company, et al. to respond filed.
Nov 12, 2013
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees filed.
Nov 20, 2013
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 6, 2013.
Nov 21, 2013
Response Requested . (Due December 23, 2013)
Dec 9, 2013
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 22, 2014.
Jan 22, 2014
Brief of respondents American United Life Insurance Company, et al. in opposition filed.
Feb 4, 2014
Reply of petitioner Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Quebecor World (USA) Inc. filed.
Feb 5, 2014
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 21, 2014.
Feb 11, 2014
Supplemental brief of respondents American United Life Insurance Company, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 24, 2014
Petition DENIED.

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