SCOTUS Leaves Multibillion-Dollar Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Settlement In Place

In the Boy Scouts’ case, certain victims seek the ability to litigate against independent councils managing local scouting programs and third party entities, including churches and civic organizations, that endorsed these programs

Advertisement Third-party entities contributed billions of dollars to a settlement trust for victims and, pursuant to the agreement, are protected from future civil litigation.

Critics of these arrangements assert that courts typically do not have the authority to impede such lawsuits.