Legal Opinion

Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided July 6, 2014No. 12-mc-115 (JSR)PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*225 OPINION AND ORDER

JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge.

The question here presented is whether section 550(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code applies extraterritorially in the context of this proceeding. Specifically, Irving H. Pi-card (the “Trustee”), the trustee appointed under the Securities Investor Protection Act (“SIPA”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 78aaa-78III, to administer the estate of Bernard L. Ma-doff Investment Securities LLC (“Madoff Securities”), here seeks to recover funds that, having been transferred from Madoff Securities to certain foreign customers, were then in turn transferred to certain foreign…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 2010
  2. Hilton v. GuyotSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  3. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Begier v. Internal Revenue ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. Absolute Activist Value Master Fund Ltd. v. FicetoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2012

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Sec. Investor Prot. Corp. v. Bernard L. Madoff Inv. Sec. LLCUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2018
  2. In re PicardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2019
  3. Fairfield Sentry Ltd. v. Theodoor GGC Amsterdam (In re Fairfield Sentry Ltd.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2018
  4. Spizz v. Goldfarb Seligman & Co. (In re Ampal-American Israel Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2017
  5. Weisfelner v. Blavatnik (In re Lyondell Chemical Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2016

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