Trustee suits for creditors
Guo v. Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Mei Guo and HK International Funds Investments (USA) challenge Chapter 11 trustee Luc A. Despins’s authority to pursue a state-law claim seeking to treat one party as another’s alter ego.
- What's at stake
- The dispute concerns whether trustee Luc A. Despins may pursue this claim for creditors generally in the bankruptcy case.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Their petition was distributed for a conference; that does not mean the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.
The petition comes from a Second Circuit bankruptcy case involving trustee Luc A. Despins.
Question presented
Whether 11 U.S.C. § 544(a) authorizes a bankruptcy trustee to prosecute a state-law alter ego claim merely because it belongs to creditors of the bankruptcy estate generally?
What happens next
The petition was distributed for the Court’s December 4, 2026 conference. That does not mean the Court has agreed to hear the case or guarantee when it will act.
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Sources
Primary materials plus reporting. Best-effort analysis: this explainer relies on a mix of primary materials and trusted secondary sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.