Rochelle's Daily Wire

Local rules and local standard plans cannot force a chapter 13 debtor to disregard one of the options in Section 1327 and require revesting of estate assets on discharge.

Bankruptcy Judge Paul Bonapfel differed with two judges in Houston by holding that a nonaccepting class in Subchapter V means that a plan must be confirmed in cramdown.

Defensive setoff rights are not discharged by chapter 11 confirmation, even when no proof of claim was filed.

Claiming 100% of FMV didn’t enable debtors to exempt more than the statutory cap when there had been no objection to the exemption claim.

Bankruptcy Judges Wiles in New York decided that insiders were not entitled to releases under Section 503(c), but not for the reasons contained in Purdue.

Disagreeing with two bankruptcy courts in Houston, Miami’s Judge Isicoff holds that a Sub V plan with a nonvoting class can be confirmed only as a nonconsensual plan.

Tort claims are usually unliquidated, but a contract claim is liquidated if it’s precisely determinable by agreement or operation of law, Judge Lori Vaughan says.

Eighth Circuit holds that a chapter 13 debtor, not the trustee, has standing to bring personal injury claims.

Justice Gorsuch for the majority bans third-party releases broader than a discharge for those who don’t surrender all their assets to the court.

Although there was no split of circuits, the Supreme Court decided that Congress provided a sufficient remedy by requiring uniform fees going forward.