I'm Elizabeth Lattery and I'm Tiffany Bates and welcome to SCOTUS 101, where we break down what's happening at the Supreme Court, what the justices are up to, and other things related to our favorite branch of government.

This week we're talking about some very exciting recent arguments, some actually exciting grants, and Sixth Circuit Judge Chad Radler joins us.

So the court is back hearing oral arguments after its winter break. But first we're going to

talk about a couple of opinions that came out, the first of 2020. Yes, and they're real winners.

So the first one's a bankruptcy case, Ritson Group, Inc.

versus Jackson Masonry LLC.

I'll keep it very short since my eyes were rolling over as I was trying to read this.

So this is a unanimous opinion by Justice Ginsburg, and the court held that a bankruptcy

court's order denying

relief from an automatic stay constitutes a final, immediately appealable order under 28 U.S.C.

Section 158A.

So the short version is typically parties can only appeal final decisions from cases, but

the bankruptcy project is really unique,

and Section 158 allows parties to appeal from all final judgments, orders, and decrees in cases

and proceedings. And the court has previously held that the statute allows parties to immediately

appeal when the bankruptcy court has finally disposed of a

discrete dispute within that larger case because that falls under the word proceedings and not

just case. So the court concluded in this case that an order ruling on a creditor's motion

for relief from the automatic stay was properly considered a discrete dispute qualifying as an independent

proceeding within the meaning of the statute. Very fascinating stuff. If that wasn't exciting enough,

next up was Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v. Jander. This is a per curiam opinion,

and the court vacated and remanded the case to the Second Circuit to consider the

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