The monthly meeting for October, 2017 will be held on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at the San Antonio Country Club, at 4100 N. New Braunfels Ave., San Antonio, Texas.
Social begins at 5:00 p.m., followed by an informative presentation at 5:30 p.m.
Map to San Antonio Country Club.
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The presentation this month will be a Caselaw Update by the Honorable Craig A. Gargotta, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge.
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Case Update:
This is the CASE SUMMARY: Case Summaries_2017_Final
The following are copies of the Western District opinions that Judge Gargotta will be discussing.
16-01102-tmd_Satija_v. United States Of America Internal Revenue Service_2017-06-14_231209
16-51059-cag_Waheeda_T Kara_2017-07-13_231003
16-60352-rbk_Kelly_Diane Pustejovsky_2017-09-01_230752
16-01062-tmd_Prado_v. Erickson et al_2017-09-29_230943-2
Viegelahn v. RBFCU Opinion 16-05097_KD
16-50557-rbk_Buffets,_LLC and Hometown Buffet, Inc._2017-09-18_230810-3
17-01052-hcm_Lain_v. Watt et al_2017-08-24_230750
In addition to discussing these opinions, he will be reviewing the following bankruptcy Cases at the United States Supreme Court:
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Cert. granted:
15-1509: U.S. National Bank Association v. Village at Lakeridge (Lower Court Decision: Village at Lakeridge, LLC v. Rabkin, 814 F.3d 993 (9th Cir.))
16-784: Merit Management Group v. FTI Consulting(Lower Court Decision: FTI Consulting, Inc. v. Merit Mgmt. Grp., LP, 830 F.3d 690 (7th Cir. 2016)).
Cert. denied:
16-1136: Leslie v. Hancock Park Capital II, L.P. (In re Fitness Holdings Int’l, Inc.) (Lower Court Decision: Leslie v. Hackcock Park Capital II (In re Fitness Holdings Int’l, Inc.), 660 Fed. Appx. 546 (9th Cir.)).
16-1236: Quinn v. City of Detroit (In re City of Detroit) (Lower Court Decision: Ochadleus v. City of Detroit (In re City of Detroit), 838 F.3d 792 (6th Cir.)).
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Thanks to Kristie Duchesne, Law Clerk for the Honorable Craig A. Gargotta, for compiling and forwarding the above cases and summary.
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About
Judge Craig Gargotta
EDUCATION
B.A., History, Texas A&M University – 1981
M.A., History, Texas A&M University – 1984
J.D., St. Mary’s School of Law – 1989
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
United States Bankruptcy Judge, October 1, 2007 – present
Assistant U.S. Attorney, San Antonio, Texas, 1990-2007
Editor-in-Chief, The Federal Lawyer, 2001-2008
Contributing Editor, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, 1993-2007
Adjunct Professor of Legal Writing, St. Mary’s School of Law, 2002-2006
Contributing Editor, The San Antonio Lawyer, 1997-2001
President, San Antonio Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, 1996-1998
Law Clerk to United States Bankruptcy Judge Ronald B. King, Western District of Texas, 1989-1990
LAW RELATED PUBLICATIONS AND HONORS
Speaker – Department of Justice Seminars regarding bankruptcy, legal writing and trial advocacy, 1997-2007.
Speaker – bankruptcy seminars with the State Bar of Texas, University of Texas Law School, American Bankruptcy Institute, Federal Bar Association, and San Antonio Bankruptcy Bar.
Judge Gargotta has written over 20 columns for the ABI Journal and published a law review article in the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review in 2003. In addition, he has published roughly 25 columns or articles in other publications such as The San Antonio Lawyer, The Federal Lawyer, In Bankruptcy (a DOJ publication), and the United States Attorneys Bulletin.
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Twenty – Five Most Recent Opinions of Judge Gargotta:
CV information derived from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western Division of Texas website at http://www.txwb.uscourts.gov/about-judge-craig-gargotta and http://www2.txwb.uscourts.gov/opinions/judges.php.