Ralph Janvey v. Tonya Dokken

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that because a contract promising returns on investment in a Ponzi scheme is void, payment of such returns does not reduce an antecedent contractual debt or compensate an investor for the time value of his money
• agreeing with the receiver that he had standing because he acted on behalf of entities used by the Ponzi schemers, which are considered defrauded creditors under the Texas UFTA
• choice of law issues for fraudulent transfer claims are generally governed by the forum state in which the bankruptcy court is sitting
• choice of law issues for fraudulent transfer claims are generally governed by the forum state in which the bankruptcy court is sitting
• choice of law issues for fraudulent transfer claims are generally governed by the forum state in which the bankruptcy court is sitting
• “As prior opinions of this Court and the district court have made clear, the Stanford Ponzi scheme was centered in and operated out of Houston, Texas.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Klein v. Cornelius
  Tenth Circuit· 2015-05-27· cited 92×
• McCaig Ex Rel. Estate of McCaig v. Wells Fargo Bank (Texas), N.A.
  Fifth Circuit· 2015-06-10· cited 86×
• Ralph Janvey v. Oreste Tonarelli
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-01-31· cited 43×
• Janvey v. Dillon Gage, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-05-05· cited 38×
• Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (In re Madoff)
  S.D. New York· 2015-06-02· cited 38×
• County of Cook v. HSBC North America Holdings Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2015-09-30· cited 17×
• Ralph Janvey v. Golf Channel, Incorporated
  Fifth Circuit· 2015-06-30· cited 16×
• Janvey v. Romero
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-03-16· cited 16×
• Douglas A. Kelley v. Gus Boosalis
  Eighth Circuit· 2020-09-11· cited 13×
• Williams v. Federal Deposit Insurance (In Re Positive Health Management)
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-10-16· cited 12×
• Geoffrion v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC
  E.D. Texas· 2016-04-21· cited 8×
• Geoff Winkler v. Thomas McCloskey, Jr.
  Ninth Circuit· 2023-09-28· cited 6×
• Ralph Janvey v. Golf Channel, Incorporated
  Fifth Circuit· 2015-03-11· cited 5×
• Janvey v. GMAG
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-03-20· cited 4×
• Janvey v. GMAG
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-05-30· cited 1×
• David McCaig v. Wells Fargo Bank (Texas), N
  Fifth Circuit· 2015-06-15
• Robert Ahders v. SEI Private Trust Company
  Fifth Circuit· 2020-12-04
• Janvey v. Libyan Investment Authority
  N.D. Texas· 2015-05-12
• Patek v. Alfaro (In re Primera Energy, LLC)
  W.D. Texas· 2016-09-29
• In re Maui Industrial Loan & Finance Co.
  D. Hawaii· 2017-09-07

Cites

27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.
  Supreme Court· 1941-06-02· cited 8,668×
• Lexmark Int'l, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2014-03-25· cited 2,704×
• Duncan v. Cessna Aircraft Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1984-02-15· cited 847×
• Torrington Co. v. Stutzman
  Texas Supreme Court· 2001-03-08· cited 645×
• De Aguilar v. Boeing Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-03-07· cited 616×
• Adams v. Travelers Indemnity Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-09-12· cited 585×
• Hernandez v. Yellow Transp., Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-02-09· cited 486×
• Warfield v. Byron
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-01-17· cited 239×
• Merrill v. Abbott (In Re Independent Clearing House Co.)
  D. Utah· 1987-07-23· cited 191×
• Fairfield Insurance Co. v. Stephens Martin Paving, LP
  Texas Supreme Court· 2008-02-15· cited 162×
• Cambridge Toxicology Group, Inc. v. Exnicios
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-08-01· cited 128×
• In Re Taubman
  S.D. Ohio· 1993-11-16· cited 105×
• The Sommers Drug Stores Company Employee Profit Sharing Trust, Cross-Appellee v. Walter N. Corrigan and Corrigan Enterprises, Inc., Cross-Appellants
  Fifth Circuit· 1989-08-31· cited 94×
• Janvey v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-03-18· cited 90×
• Eberhard v. Marcu
  Second Circuit· 2008-06-20· cited 79×
• Janvey v. Alguire
  Fifth Circuit· 2010-12-15· cited 76×
• Railroad Management Co. v. CFS Louisiana Midstream Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-10-07· cited 72×
• MC Asset Recovery LLC v. Commerzbank A.G. (In Re Mirant Corp.)
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-03-20· cited 66×
• Sender v. Buchanan (In Re Hedged-Investments Associates, Inc.)
  Tenth Circuit· 1996-05-23· cited 58×
• Daly v. Deptula (In Re Carrozzella & Richardson)
  D. Connecticut· 2002-08-01· cited 54×