John T. Dorsey

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

Judge Dorsey 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
Deceased
Served
2019–2026
Commissioned
2019-06-11
Signed orders read
15

Signed rulings

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

Opioid Master Disbursement Trust II v. Covidien Unlimited Company, et al.
· 2024-01-18
Motions to dismiss (Covidien Unlimited Company, et al.) Granted in part

“Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Adv. D.I. 13) and Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend (Adv. D.I. 33) are both granted in part and denied in part”

Motion to amend complaint (Opioid Master Disbursement Trust II) Granted in part
George L. Miller v. Anderson Media Corporation, et al.
· 2024-02-13
Summary judgment (Anderson Media Corporation, ANConnect, LLC, and Anderson Management Services, Inc.) Granted

“Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED.”

George L. Miller v. ANConnect, LLC, et al.
· 2024-02-13
Motion for partial summary judgment (George L. Miller, chapter 7 trustee) Denied

“Plaintiff’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Adv. D.I. 284) and Defendants’ Renewed Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Adv. D.I. 310) are denied.”

Renewed motion for partial summary judgment (ANConnect, LLC, et al.) Denied
BYJU’s Alpha, Inc. v. Camshaft Capital Fund, LP, et al.
· 2024-04-03
Preliminary injunction (BYJU’s Alpha, Inc.) Granted in part

“the Motion was GRANTED with respect to a prohibitory, not mandatory, injunction.”

William H. Henrich v. XL Specialty Insurance Company
· 2024-05-29
Summary judgment (XL Specialty Insurance Company) Granted

“The Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED;”

Cross motion for summary judgment (William H. Henrich, liquidating trustee) Denied

“The Trustee’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED.”

In re FTX Trading Ltd., et al.
· 2024-06-26
Digital asset claim estimation (digital asset claimants) Granted in part

“the value of the Digital Asset Claims will be estimated by applying a discount to the market prices of 100% to MAPS tokens, 99.9% to OXY tokens, and 18.6% to SRM tokens.”

In re BYJU’s Alpha, Inc.
· 2024-08-08
Motion to dismiss chapter 11 case (Camshaft Capital Fund, LP, Camshaft Advisors, LLC, and Camshaft Capital Management) Denied

“The Motion is therefore denied.”

Opioid Master Disbursement Trust II v. Argos Capital Appreciation Master Fund LP, et al.
· 2024-09-05
Protocol motion (Citadel Securities LLC and related defendants) Granted

“granted the moving defendants’ motions (Adv. D.I. 215, 217, 242, 286).”

Protocol motion (Susquehanna Securities, LLC and related defendants) Granted
Protocol motion (T. Rowe Price defendants) Granted
Protocol motion (Tower Research, Spire X, and LaTour defendants) Granted
Alameda Research Ltd., et al. v. Michael Giles, et al.; Rocket Internet Capital Partners II SCS, et al.
· 2024-10-23
Motions to dismiss (Rocket Internet defendants) Granted in part

“Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is granted as to Counts I and III of the Complaint and denied as to the remaining Counts.”

Motions to dismiss (Embed Shareholder defendants in Giles proceeding) Granted in part

“Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss are granted as to Counts I, III, and V of the Complaint and denied as to the remaining Counts.”

Motions to dismiss (Non-Embed defendants in Giles proceeding) Granted in part
Duplicate combined FTX Embed-transfer opinion
· 2024-10-23

Excluded because this separately linked official PDF reproduces the same combined opinion and orders as the signer-confirmed file already classified for the same date and proceedings.

In re FTX Trading Ltd., et al. (Celsius claims)
· 2024-12-18
Objection to proof of claim (FTX debtors) Granted

“Debtors’ Objection is SUSTAINED and the Original POCs and Amended POCs are therefore disallowed.”

Motion for relief from automatic stay (Celsius) Moot / procedural

“Celsius’ Motion for Relief from the Automatic Stay, D.I. 16815, which seeks to allow Celsius to commence and liquidate alleged avoidance actions against the FTX Debtors, is therefore also denied as moot.”

In re SCSJ Holdings LLC
· 2025-01-30
Motion to transfer and dismiss chapter 11 case (secured lender) Granted

“Lender’s Motion requesting the transfer and dismissal of the petition filed in the Second Bankruptcy Case is GRANTED.”

A historical record

Judge Dorsey 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.