Class Action

Class Proofs of Claim Involve Procedural Minefield

02/22/22
Bankruptcy has been likened to a class action. In a typical class action, a class representative files suit against a defendant seeking relief on behalf of a class of plaintiff. If class certification is not granted, the suit continues as a conventional suit. In bankruptcy, a debtor files for relief against his or her creditors. However, as shown by Fed.R.Bankr.P. 7023, it is possible to have a traditional class action within the collective proceeding of a bankruptcy. Sometimes this is done through the vehicle of filing a class proof of claim.
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Noble Logistics – $61 Million Class Claim Survives Summary Judgment

01/28/16

On January 26, 2016, the Delaware Bankruptcy Court denied Debtors Noble Logistics Inc., et al.’s (“Debtors” or “Noble Logistics”) motion for summary judgment on their objections to the claims filed by Richard Maximo individually, and on behalf of the Putative Class.  The claims were filed in the amounts of $188,014.13, and $61,292,607.17, respectively (the “Maximo Claims”). A link to the opinion can be found here.

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