Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Co.

Decided June 6, 2024. Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 22-1079 · 602 U.S. 268 (2024) · Cited 21 times

Holding

An insurer with financial responsibility for bankruptcy claims is a “party in interest” under 11 U. S. C. §1109(b) that “may raise and may appear and be heard on any issue” in a Chapter 11 case.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Hartford Underwriters Insurance v. Union Planters Bank, N. A. · 530 U.S. 1 (2000)
• Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. 203 North LaSalle Street Partnership · 526 U.S. 434 (1999)
• Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor · 521 U.S. 591 (1997)
• Arthur Andersen LLP v. Carlisle · 556 U.S. 624 (2009)
• Florida Department of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc. · 554 U.S. 33 (2008)

Official text

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