Bankruptcy Law Professors Back Asbestos Claimants In Quest For Supreme Court Review

( October 21, 2026, 7:51 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. —Three bankruptcy law professors filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by asbestos claimants in the Chapter 11 case of CertainTeed LLC spinoff DBMP LLC, arguing that a decades-old high court ruling “provides a vital safeguard against serious abuse of the bankruptcy system by providing a sound historical foundation for the requirement that a debtor establish financial distress as part of the required showing for good faith” when seeking bankruptcy protection....