Rochelle's Daily Wire

A contempt sanction upholds the integrity of the court and doesn’t invoke Rule 69(a).

In an 8-1 opinion, the Supreme Court holds that the waiver of sovereign immunity under Section 106(a) does not extend to suits brought by a trustee under state law standing in the shoes of an actual creditor.

Reversing the BAP, the Ninth Circuit held that equitable considerations may stop the government from recovering disability overpayments, when the doctrine of recoupment otherwise would have allowed recovery despite the debtor’s chapter 7 discharge.

Chicago’s Judge David Cleary called for post-confirmation arbitration of claims between the debtor and a creditor, but no arbitration for the creditor’s defenses, raising questions of bankruptcy law.

A class action in Chicago will decide whether bankruptcy judges have the tools to rectify a single creditor’s violation of the rights of similarly situated debtors.

Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein said it was ‘nonsense’ to argue that ‘a Bankruptcy Court lacks authority to permit survivor statements to be made to the Court and to the Bishop.’

On a question where the courts are split, Bankruptcy Judge Pamela McAfee sides with the majority and holds that a chapter 13 debtor can’t sell co-owned property.

The Third Circuit upheld Bankruptcy Judge Goldblatt of Delaware where the answer was self-evident but there was no controlling authority.

The ‘probate exception’ to federal subject matter jurisdiction does not prevent bankruptcy courts from basing decisions on state trusts and estates law, except in limited circumstances.

In transferring venue of a related case under Rule 1014(b), the bankruptcy court can move sua sponte and need not await a venue motion by a creditor or party in interest.