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Joseph G. Wortley v. James Juranitch, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 22-12021 · judgment April 26, 2023
Certiorari denied · October 30, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether an insider’s involuntary bankruptcy petition against his closely-held business for the express purpose of “breaking a deadlock” or to get a “business divorce” from another faction of insiders is a bad faith filing under the United States Bankruptcy Code?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Robert Jeffrey Hauser
Sniffen & Spellman, P.A.
For respondent
Kristen M. Fiore
Akerman LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 30 2023Petition DENIED.
- Oct 11 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2023.
- Sep 26 2023Waiver of right of respondents Chad P. Pugatch and Rice Pugatch Robinson & Schiller, P. A. to respond filed.
- Sep 26 2023Waiver of right of respondent James Juranitch to respond filed.
- Sep 25 2023Waiver of right of respondents Chrispus Venture Capital, LLC and Richard Tarrant to respond filed.
- Aug 31 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 6, 2023)