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Tamas Hampel v. Virgin Orbit Holdings, Inc.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 25-1702 · judgment September 26, 2025
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Section 1144 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 1144, permits a court to revoke a confirmation order that was “procured by fraud.” The question presented is 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.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Lori Alvino McGill
University of Virginia School of Law
For respondent
Allison Spencer Mielke
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
Case
Subject area
Economic Activity (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
26A267
Proceedings
- Oct 14 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2026.
- Oct 09 2026Waiver of right of respondent Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc. to respond filed.
- Oct 02 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 6, 2026)
- Aug 28 2026Application (26A267) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until October 2, 2026.
- Aug 23 2026Application (26A267) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 2, 2026 to November 1, 2026, submitted to Justice Alito.