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Chapter 13 Debtors Can’t Sell Co-Owned Property Under Section 363(h)

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.

Bankruptcy Judge Rejects a District Court’s Narrow View of Sales Free and Clear

New York’s Judge Philip Bentley interpreted Section 363(f)(5) to permit a sale free and clear whenever a creditor could conduct a foreclosure or a UCC sale.

A Good Faith Objection to a Sale Cannot Be Raised the First Time on Appeal

The existence of a competing bidder does not put the buyer on notice of an ‘adverse interest’ to avoid dismissal for mootness under Section 363(m), the Sixth Circuit BAP says.
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In ‘363’ Sales, Three Courts Say Purdue Doesn’t Bar Injunctions Protecting Buyers

For a sale ‘free and clear,’ nondebtors can be enjoined from suing.

Denial of $21 Million in Fees for Boy Scouts Ad Hoc Committee Upheld on Appeal

Delaware district court rules that debtors and trustees alone have standing to propose spending estate money outside of the ‘ordinary course.’

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