JUDGMENT ISSUED

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

Argued. For petitioner: Shay Dvoretzky, Washington, D. C.; and Sarah E. Harrington, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Erin E. Murphy, Washington, D. C.

Reply of petitioner Husky International Electronics, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Brief amicus curiae of G. Eric Brunstad, Jr. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Professors Richard Aaron, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Daniel Lee Ritz, Jr. filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

CIRCULATED.

Records from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit, as well as U.S.D.C. Southern Dist. of Texas is electronic and located on PACER.

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Brief amici curiae of Bankruptcy Law Professors filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees filed.

Brief of petitioner Husky International Electronics, Inc. filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 6, 2015.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 30, 2015.

Reply of petitioner Husky International Electronics, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Daniel Lee Ritz, Jr. in opposition filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 30, 2015.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 31, 2015)

Husky International Electronics, Inc., Petitioner, represented by Shay Dvoretzky

Daniel Lee Ritz, Jr., Respondent, represented by Erin E. Murphy

Daniel Lee Ritz, Jr., Respondent, represented by William D. Weber

Bankruptcy Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jerrold J. Ganzfried

G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., Amicus Curiae, represented by G. Eric Brunstad Jr.

National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert Radasevich

National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Amicus Curiae, represented by David R. Kuney

Professors Richard Aaron, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard Lieb

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sarah Elaine Harrington

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.