Rochelle's Daily Wire

Circuit Judge Sutton shied away from making a wife liable for her husband’s debts, even though the wife carried on the husband’s farming business.

The Supreme Court and the Sixth Circuit both questioned the continuing validity of doctrines of prudential standing, such as ‘person aggrieved.’

The debtors’ lawyer’s lack of diligence allowed the creditor to invoke laches and beat a belated motion to avoid a lien that impaired a homestead exemption.

Are there two tests for the existence of a claim, one test for claims against the debtor and another for claims by the debtor?

The appeals court sticks to basics and rejects several clever arguments to beat a preference.

A contested matter in bankruptcy court isn’t a ‘civil action’ allowing the debtor to recover attorneys’ fees from the U.S. Trustee under the Equal Access to Justice Act.

The length of time before filing a motion to extend the appeal-filing deadline isn’t dipositive under Rule 8002(d)(1)(B).

District judge explains why veil-piercing is easier to prove in Michigan than elsewhere.

Even though received within 180 days of filing, a distribution from an IRA to a death beneficiary does not become estate property.

Impliedly overruling the law in five circuits, the Supreme Court changed the rules for deciding when a deadline is jurisdictional, the Sixth Circuit says.