Supreme Court to Hear Case on Finality of Bankruptcy Orders (1)

The U.S. Supreme Court May 20 said it will consider whether a bankruptcy court order that denies relief from an automatic stay is a final order.

The case, which involves a dispute over a failed real estate deal, will be argued in the court’s next term beginning in October.

“Clarifying the finality of bankruptcy court orders is needed because the standards for appellate jurisdiction are excessively complex and unsettled,” said Ralph Brubaker, the Carl L. Vacketta Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law.

Finality is an important concept in bankruptcy because only a final judgment, order, ...