Legal Opinion

In re: The Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y.

District Court, W.D. New York

Decided June 10, 2026No. 1:25-cv-00535Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK IN RE: DECISION AND ORDER THE DIOCESE OF BUFFALO, N.Y., 25-CV-0535-MAV Debtor. INTRODUCTION Appellants, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, New York (the “Diocese”) and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the “Committee”), appeal from a June 2025 decision and order of the Bankruptcy Court granting in part and denying in part the Diocese’s unopposed application for unrestricted use of proceeds from the sale of real property that was donated to the Diocese in 1959, and used from 1961 until 2021 as a Catholic seminary (the…

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