News Topic: The Honorable Mary F. Walrath

In a 24 page decision released April 13, 2017, Judge Walrath of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court denied a motion for summary judgment in a preference action brought by Charles Stanziale as the chapter 7 Trustee of Powerwave Technologies against Superiour ... Read full article

On August 24, 2016, Judge Mary F. Walrath of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court overruling an objection to claim for reclamation.   The decision was issued in the Reichold Holdings US, Inc. Bankruptcy (Case No. 14-12237) in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court.   A ... Read full article

In a 5 page decision signed July 18, 2016, Judge Walrath of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court ruled on a Motion for Judgment on the pleadings that undelivered stock options, are not debt, but are instead equity. Judge Walrath’s opinion is available here (the ... Read full article

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In an 11 page decision signed March 29, 2016, Judge Walrath of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court revised a calculation of new value pursuant to an order from the District Court remanding the case. ... Read full article

On March 15 and 16, 2016, the Debtors in the Sports Authority bankruptcy, Case No. 16-10527, filed approximately 161 adversary complaints against consignment vendors.  The purpose of these complaints is to determine the priority and validity of the ... Read full article

In what looks like a case study in the need to diversify, Univita Health Inc. filed for Bankruptcy in the District of Delaware on August 28, 2015 – It is being administered as Case No. 15-11788.  Pursuant to the Bankruptcy Petition it filed, Univita has ... Read full article

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In 6 pages of Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law released December 19, 2014 in the Liberty Brands bankruptcy (Bank. D. Del. 09-50965), Judge Walrath’s ruling referenced Stern v. Marshall , 131 S.Ct. ... Read full article

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On May 8, 2012, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Court”) entered its Order (the “Order”) Establishing Procedures to Assert Claims Arising under Section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code (“503(b)(9) Claims”) in the chapter 11 ... Read full article

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On March 21st, Blue Springs Ford ("Blue Springs") filed a chapter 11 petition for bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.  Based in Blue Springs, Missouri, Blue Springs has operated as an authorized Ford ... Read full article

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At approximately 10:15 this morning, Judge Walrath of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court made an oral ruling confirming Washington Mutual's chapter 11 plan of reorganization. Over the last three and one-half years, hundreds of attorneys and other ... Read full article

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