Joining the Tenth Circuit, the Ninth Circuit also has held that chapter 13 trustees are not paid their fees when cases are dismissed before confirmation. The identical issue was argued on February 15 before the Second Circuit.
In short order, we’ll have either unanimity or a split of circuits. A split will give rise to an issue worthy of a grant of certiorari by the Supreme Court.
Notably, the Ninth Circuit’s opinion on June 12 adopted reasoning in an amicus brief filed in support of the debtor by the National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center and National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.
In one of his last decisions before retirement this week, Bankruptcy Judge Robert D. Drain of New York declined to follow dicta from recent court of appeals decisions in his circuit and ruled that the.....
Reversing the lower courts, the Second Circuit held that a debtor is entitled to recover attorneys’ fees for successfully prosecuting appeals from the bankruptcy court’s order holding a creditor in.....
Being the “initial recipient” of a fraudulent transfer by itself isn’t enough to be liable as an “initial transferee,” for reasons explained by the Second Circuit in an opinion on May 5.
A foreign.....
The Fourth Circuit has ruled emphatically that Taggart applies to all contempt citations in bankruptcy court.
However, the Richmond, Va.-based appeals court held that advice of counsel is not a.....
The requirement of “finality” can sometimes mean that you can’t appeal a finding that you were in contempt of the automatic stay. That’s the teaching of a March 25, nonprecedential opinion from the.....
Reversing the bankruptcy court, a district judge in South Carolina permitted so-called bifurcated fee arrangements for chapter 7 debtors despite a local rule that could be read to bar them outright.
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Having decided that “Chapter 13 has morphed into the pursuit of loss mitigation as its sole purpose in which debtors file cases they never intend to bring to confirmation,” Bankruptcy Judge Robert E.....
Upholding Bankruptcy Judge Robert E. Grossman, a district judge in Brooklyn, N.Y., ruled that a chapter 13 trustee is entitled to compensation if the case is dismissed before confirmation.
In most.....
Taking sides with Collier but disagreeing with two other treatises, Bankruptcy Judge John E. Waites of Columbia, S.C., ruled that a chapter 13 debtor is not required to pay interest on unsecured.....
On a question where the circuits are split, another district judge in Rochester, N.Y., has held that an in rem tax foreclosure of real property can be set aside as a fraudulent transfer for lack of.....