October 02, 2023
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider arguments that it should abolish the equitable mootness doctrine by bondholders seeking to overturn the confirmation of telecommunications company Windstream Holdings' Chapter 11 plan.
April 18, 2023
A collection of law professors pressed the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to abandon the equitable mootness doctrine in bankruptcy cases, arguing appellate courts have overused the principle to dodge responsibility for reviewing challenges to Chapter 11 plans.
March 24, 2023
U.S. Bank has asked the Supreme Court to cast aside the equitable mootness doctrine in connection with the Chapter 11 case of telecommunications company Windstream Holdings Inc., saying it has "expanded to become a scourge" that "wrongfully and unevenly deprives bankruptcy litigants" of Article III review.