W.R. Grace & Co. v. Chakarian

How courts have described this case

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

• indicating that for a finding of “related to” jurisdiction indemnification rights must accrue upon the filing of the claim without the intervention of another lawsuit
• finding no “related to” jurisdiction where a civil action “would affect the bankruptcy proceeding only through the intervention of yet another lawsuit”
• finding no \related to\ jurisdiction where \an entirely separate action would be necessary for any liability incurred by [defendant] to have an impact on [debtor's] estate\
• bankruptcy court did not apply law of the case doctrine when state court suit did not involve the same parties and issues
• “The existence of a bankruptcy proceeding itself has never been and cannot be an all-purpose grant of jurisdiction.”
• “While § 105(a) of the Bankruptcy Code allows a bankruptcy court to issue any order necessary to carry out the provisions of the Code, it does not provide an independent source of federal subject matter jurisdiction.”

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Cited by

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

• Nuveen Municipal Trust Ex Rel. Nuveen High Yield Municipal Bond Fund v. WithumSmith Brown, P.C.
  Third Circuit· 2012-08-16· cited 135×
• Pfizer Inc. v. Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos (In Re Quigley Co.)
  Second Circuit· 2012-04-10· cited 113×
• In re W.R. Grace & Co.
  D. Delaware· 2012-06-11· cited 85×
• Mesabi Metallics Co LLC v. B Riley FBR Inc
  Third Circuit· 2022-08-25· cited 40×
• Mata v. Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. (In Re AE Liquidation, Inc.)
  D. Delaware· 2011-05-10· cited 22×
• Iannini v. Winnecour
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2012-11-30· cited 20×
• Bestwall LLC v. Official Committee of Asbestos
  Fourth Circuit· 2023-06-20· cited 17×
• Sportsman's Warehouse, Inc. v. McGllis/Eckman Investments-Billings, LLC (In Re Sportsman's Warehouse, Inc.)
  D. Delaware· 2011-09-16· cited 16×
• Carter P. v. Pook & Pook, LLC.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2016-01-27· cited 16×
• ConocoPhillips Co. v. SemGroup, L.P. (In re SemCrude, L.P.)
  D. Delaware· 2010-04-09· cited 16×
• In re New England Compounding Pharmacy, Inc. Products Liability Litigation
  D. Massachusetts· 2013-06-12· cited 14×
• In Re W.R. Grace & Co.
  D. Delaware· 2011-01-31· cited 12×
• Bank of New York v. Becker (In re Lower Bucks Hospital)
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2013-01-02· cited 12×
• New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection v. Occidental Chemical Corp. (In re Maxus Energy Corp.)
  D. Delaware· 2016-11-15· cited 12×
• Union Trust Philadelphia, LLC v. Singer Equipment Co. (In Re Union Trust Philadelphia, LLC)
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2011-11-03· cited 11×
• Denunzio v. Ivy Holdings, Inc. (In re E. Orange Gen. Hosp., Inc.)
  D. New Jersey· 2018-06-28· cited 11×
• In Re Lower Bucks Hospital
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2012-05-10· cited 9×
• Schatz v. Chase Home Finance (In Re Schatz)
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2011-07-25· cited 9×
• Arrow Oil & Gas, Inc. v. J. Aron & Co. (In re Semcrude, L.P.)
  D. Delaware· 2010-12-13· cited 9×
• Liquidating Trustee of the MPC Liquidating Trust v. Granite Financial Solutions, Inc. (In re MPC Computers, LLC)
  D. Delaware· 2012-02-07· cited 9×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Delaware v. Van Arsdall
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-07· cited 7,102×
• In Re Pacor, Inc. v. John Higgins, Jr. And Louise Higgins
  Third Circuit· 1984-08-27· cited 1,602×
• Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. v. Henson
  Supreme Court· 2002-11-05· cited 1,396×
• Celotex Corp. v. Edwards
  Supreme Court· 1995-04-19· cited 1,101×
• In Re: Combustion Engineering, Inc. First State Insurance Company Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company
  First Circuit· 2004-12-02· cited 357×
• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. MCorp Financial, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1991-12-03· cited 320×
• In Re: Kensington International Limited and Springfield Associates, Llc, in Re: D.K. Acquisition Partners, L.P. Fernwood Associates, L.P. And Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in Re: Usg Corporation
  Third Circuit· 2004-05-17· cited 152×
• In re Federal-Mogul Global, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2002-07-31· cited 107×
• In Re: The Prudential Insurance Company of America Sales Practices Litigation Frank La Marra Giuseppina La Marra Reardon Golinkin & Reed
  Third Circuit· 2002-12-19· cited 57×
• Brenda L. Shaffer v. Gte North, Inc
  Third Circuit· 2002-03-28· cited 52×
• Orr v. State
  Montana Supreme Court· 2004-12-14· cited 44×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 2007-03-02· cited 33×
• Baca v. King
  Tenth Circuit· 1996-08-08· cited 24×
• W.R. Grace & Co. v. Chakarian (In Re W.R. Grace & Co.)
  D. Delaware· 2007-04-13· cited 5×

Other cases named W.R. Grace & Co. v. Chakarian

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• W.R. Grace & Co. v. Chakarian
  Supreme Court· 2010-10-04