In the case of Harrington v. Purdue Pharma, pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, Professor Ralph Brubaker has submitted an amicus brief arguing "Courts have no power to approve" the bankruptcy plan submitted by Purdue Pharma. Joined in writing the brief by fellow bankruptcy experts Professor Bruce Markell of Northwestern and Professor Jonathan Seymour of Duke, Brubaker and his co-amici assert that approval of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan from Purdue Pharma is not permissible under established law and would represent a violation of claimants' due-process rights. The brief suggests that the Court should repudiate the discharge plan in order to "put an end to the abusive 'bankruptcy grifting' that this case vividly illustrates."
Read the full amicus brief here.