consumer Cases
January 21, 2022
Can a state law properly decree when a debtor’s property drops out of the estate?
January 18, 2022
Is a bankruptcy court improperly making federal common law in defining an exemption contrary to state law in an aspect of the exemption not explicitly covered by Section 522(d)(1)?
January 13, 2022
The Eleventh Circuit opinion has important dicta on whether or not the tort of ‘continuous trespass’ exists in New York.
January 10, 2022
The BAP decision on voluntary dismissal under Rule 41 adds credence to the idea that bankruptcy courts can attach conditions to a debtor’s voluntary dismissal under Section 1307(b).
January 7, 2022
The EITC and the ACTC are both exempt in states with broadly defined “public assistance,” the Ninth Circuit BAP says.
January 5, 2022
Circuit courts differ on their understanding of Supreme Court precedent and are now split 3/3 on whether a real estate tax foreclosure can be set aside as a constructive fraudulent transfer.
December 22, 2021
At the courthouse, the public is only entitled to free access to papers filed in that district.
December 14, 2021
Interpreting the hanging paragraph in Section 523(a), the Ninth Circuit sticks to the Beard test in deciding whether something is close enough to a tax return to justify discharging a tax debt.
December 13, 2021
10th Circuit , Colorado ,
District judge in Colorado sides with the majority and doesn’t allow a chapter 13 trustee to be paid if dismissal occurs before plan confirmation.
December 11, 2021
Despite Fulton, a Chicago bankruptcy judge rules that the City of Chicago might have violated Section 362(a)(4), (a)(6) or (a)(7) by refusing to release impounded cars immediately after a debtor files a chapter 13 petition.