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April 26, 2002

Case

Court

Holding

In re Miller
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5th Cir.  A corporate officer is not entitled to indemnification under Delaware law for acts committed for his own benefit before he was employed by the corporation, because he was not sued "by reason of the fact" that he was an officer of the potential indemnitor.

April 23, 2002

Case

Court

Holding

In re Yates
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6th Cir. ERISA's anti-alienation and anti-garnishment restrictions did not operate to preclude a bankruptcy trustee from recovering a preferential loan payment made to an ERISA plan by a debtor.
In re Sweeney
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6th Cir. BAP The Rooker-Feldman doctrine did not preclude a bankruptcy court from reviewing the dischargeability of a State court default judgment.  Under the doctrine, the bankruptcy court could not review and redetermine the merits of a debt or set aside the default judgment reflecting it, but, pursuant to its independent, exclusive jurisdiction, it could adjudicate the dischargeability of the debt.
 
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