consumer Cases
May 3, 2018
9th Circuit , Idaho ,
To avoid having a discharge revoked, a debtor must either comply with the order or obtain a stay pending appeal.
May 2, 2018
A chapter 7 debtor’s postpetition legal malpractice claims are not estate property, BAP says.
April 25, 2018
An unreasonable but good faith, subjective belief that there is no injunction bars a finding of contempt in the Ninth Circuit.
April 24, 2018
Not a true public sale, a tax foreclosure in New Jersey can be attacked as a preference without implicating concerns about federalism.
April 23, 2018
Courts are groping to define ‘personal use’ because Congress didn’t.
April 21, 2018
8th Circuit , Minnesota ,
Courts are split on the status of inherited claims as estate property.
April 21, 2018
The deadline for objecting to discharge can be extended under Rule 4004(d) after the deadline has passed.
April 20, 2018
Debtor’s counsel can’t recover prefiling expenses in a ‘no money down’ bankruptcy in the W.D. La.
April 19, 2018
The rate of post-judgment interest on a nondischargeable debt depends on whether there was a judgment before or after filing, the Ninth Circuit BAP says.
April 18, 2018
The high court seemed primed to rule that a debt will be discharged despite an oral misrepresentation about one asset.