Scott W. Everett

How Judge Everett rules, drawn from 1 signed order. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas
Position
bankruptcy
Commissioned
2022-06-02
Signed orders read
1

How Judge Everett decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

What persuades

A trustee asserting claims inherited from a debtor remains subject to defenses available against the debtor, including in pari delicto when the pleaded misconduct is attributable to the debtor.

“There are no additional facts the Trustee could assert that would overcome this defense”

Signed rulings

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

AgTexas Farm Credit Services v. Rabo AgriFinance, LLC
23-20084; 23-50096; 24-02007 · 2026-03-27
Motions to dismiss (Community Financial Services Bank, Mechanics Bank, Rabo AgriFinance, LLC, and HTLF Bank) Granted in part

“The CFSB Motion, the Mechanics Motion, the HTLF Motion, and the Rabo Motion are GRANTED in part as stated herein.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Six sampled matters were terminated and three remained pending. Five business matters supplied the recorded motion outcomes.

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