Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Inc. v. Madigan (In Re Madigan)

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that recoupment is the common law precursor to the compulsory counterclaim
• applying “logical relationship” test and giving “the word ‘transaction’ ... a liberal and flexible construction”
• noting split among circuits as to breadth of “same transaction” for recoupment in bankruptcy
• “Since recoupment is neither a claim nor a debt, it is unaffected by either the automatic stay or the debtor’s discharge.”
• “Since recoupment is neither a claim nor a debt, it is unaffected by either the automatic stay or the debtor’s discharge.”
• “Since recoupment is neither a claim nor a debt, it is unaffected by either the automatic stay or the debtor’s discharge.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).