Fraud in bankruptcy plans
Hampel v. Virgin Orbit Holdings
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Tamas Hampel's petition asks whether a bankruptcy court may undo its approval of a plan under Section 1144 for fraud only if someone made an intentional false statement, as the Third Circuit held, or also if someone left out an important fact.
- Who it affects
- Hampel did not get Supreme Court review, and the Court did not decide the Section 1144 question in his case.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Section 1144 concerns when a bankruptcy court can undo its approval of a bankruptcy plan for fraud.
Question presented
Whether a showing of “fraud” under Section 1144 requires a proof of an affirmative misstatement made with fraudulent intent, as the Third Circuit held, or may also be satisfied by omission of a material fact, as several other circuits have recognized?
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