Plan Confirmation

Requiring Conduit Mortgage Payments Is Ok Despite Costing the Debtor $5,300

Bankruptcy judge says a chapter 13 debtor receives ‘several benefits’ from paying 8% in commissions on mortgage payments through the trustee.

Fourth Circuit Is Strict on ‘Person Aggrieved’ and Equitable Mootness

Fourth Circuit disposes of a high-stakes appeal without oral argument in a terse, per curiam opinion incorporating the ‘reasons stated by the district court.’
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Delaware District Judge Upholds Horizontal ‘Gifting’ in a Chapter 11 Plan

Narrow reading of ‘equitable mootness’ in Tribune is limited to cases involving a dispute between two classes.

A Plan Can Release Claims for Post-Confirmation Conduct, Third Circuit Says

Third Circuit leaves open the question of whether distributions to shareholders in chapter 11 must follow FINRA rules.
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Eleventh Circuit Endorses the Applicability of ‘Equitable Mootness’ in Chapter 9

Two circuits and a BAP now invoke ‘equitable mootness’ to dismiss appeals from orders confirming chapter 9 municipal debt adjustment plans.
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Third Circuit Explores the Limits of Channeling Injunctions Protecting Insurers

Caution: Do not use heavy machinery. Reading this story may induce drowsiness.
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There Are No Fractions of a Household in Tacoma, Washington

Judge Lynch of Tacoma follows Idaho’s Judge Pappas in determining the size of a ‘household’ when someone is a part-time resident.

Collection Injunctions Are (Sometimes) Ok in an Individual Chapter 11

Ninth Circuit BAP explains when the holder of a nondischargeable claim can be enjoined from collecting during the life of an individual’s chapter 11 plan.
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