Christopher S. Sontchi

How Judge Sontchi rules, drawn from 15 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Judge Sontchi no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
Position
bankruptcy
Status
Retired 2022
Served
2006–2022
Commissioned
2006-02-23
Signed orders read
15

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Annette Leazer, et al. v. Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc.
· 2021-09-20
Motion to dismiss for failure to exhaust administrative remedies (Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc.) Granted

“Extraction’s motion will be GRANTED, and each Count of the Complaint will be dismissed.”

Maxus Liquidating Trust v. YPF, S.A., et al.
· 2021-09-21
Motion to stay and extend discovery compliance deadline (YPF defendants) Denied

“On September 20th, I issued a letter (the ‘Letter’) denying the Stay Motion.”

Jeoffrey L. Burtch v. Salem Investment Partners III, LP, et al.; Jeoffrey L. Burtch v. Plexus Fund III, L.P., et al.
· 2021-10-05
Motion to dismiss amended complaint (Salem Investment Partners III, LP and SIP III Holdings, Inc.) Granted

“the Trustee’s Amended Complaint is DISMISSED in its entirety, without prejudice.”

Motion to dismiss amended complaint (Plexus Fund III, L.P. and Plexus Fund QP III, L.P.) Granted
In re Windhaven Top Insurance Holdings, LLC, et al.
· 2021-10-15
Motion for permissive abstention (objecting parties) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, the Court will deny the Motion.”

Urban Commons Queensway, LLC v. EHT Asset Management, LLC, et al.
· 2021-10-28
Motion to extend time to file appeal (EHT Asset Management, LLC, Taylor Woods, and Howard Wu) Denied

“The Motion to Extend is hereby DENIED.”

In re Park Place Development Primary, LLC
· 2021-11-02
Motion to dismiss involuntary petition (Park Place Development Primary, LLC) Granted

“the Motions to Dismiss will be GRANTED and the Involuntary Petition will be DISMISSED with prejudice.”

Motion to dismiss involuntary petition (Malayan Banking Berhad and other lenders) Granted
Urban Commons Queensway, LLC v. EHT Asset Management, LLC, et al.
· 2021-11-15
Motion for judgment of civil contempt (Urban Commons Queensway, LLC) Granted

“the Court finds Defendants in contempt of the PI Order.”

Motion for leave (Urban Commons Queensway, LLC) Granted

“Finally, the Motion for Leave will be granted.”

GCX Limited v. Standard Chartered Bank
· 2021-11-30
Motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens (Standard Chartered Bank) Granted

“the Motion to Dismiss will be granted and the Cross Motion will be denied.”

Cross motion (GCX Limited) Denied
Catherine E. Youngman v. Yucaipa American Alliance Fund I, L.P., et al.
· 2021-12-06
Motion to stay proceedings pending appeal (Yucaipa American Alliance Fund I, L.P. and affiliate) Denied

“it is hereby ORDERED that the Motion is DENIED.”

Welded Construction, L.P. v. The Williams Companies, Inc., et al.
· 2021-12-20
Motion for sanctions (Welded Construction, L.P.) Granted in part

“Plaintiff’s Motion for Sanctions is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Defendants must produce the 28 documents without any redactions”

In re EHT US1, Inc., et al. (Evolution Hospitality and Interstate claims)
· 2022-03-15
Objection to proof of claim (EHT US1 debtors) Granted in part

“the Objection is sustained, in part, as to this issue. F. Evolution’s Equitable Claims Against the EH-REIT Enterprise Evolution asserts that the EH-REIT Enterprise operated as a single economic entity under which the Debtor Lessors constituted the alter ego of the Non-Debtor Lessees and would be inequitable for this Court to uphold a legal distinction between these entities. Evolution continues that the Debtors would be unjustly enriched if these claims were not allowed against the Debtors. Evolution’s equitable claims are questions of fact and there has been no discovery to flush out the facts needed to decide the question. In other words, the Debtors have rebutted the valid claim presumption regarding the Disputed Claims as a matter of law, 35 Id. (seeking the payment or reimbursement of employee expenses and benefits, insurance, management fees, operating expenses, interest, legal fees, and indemnities from the Master Lessee). 22 but the Court is unable to rule on this record because the equitable claims are question of fact and discovery is required. As a result, the Court will overrule, in part, the Objections without prejudice”

Todd Stewart and Jennifer Sawle v. Art Van Furniture, LLC, et al.
· 2022-03-21
Cross motion to defer ruling (Todd Stewart, Jennifer Sawle, and class plaintiffs) Denied

“the Plaintiffs’ Cross-Motion to Defer Ruling is denied.”

Summary judgment (chapter 7 trustee) Granted

“the Trustee’s motion for summary judgment will be granted.”

A historical record

Judge Sontchi no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.