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 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 That’s the teaching of a March 25, nonprecedential opinion from the.....
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.....
Proceeds from the sale of a homestead may be exempt under the laws of some states, but not under federal exemptions, even when proceeds are exempt in that state, according to Bankruptcy Judge Charles.....
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.....
The bankruptcy judges in the Western District of Kentucky have effectively banned so-called bifurcated fee arrangements where chapter 7 debtors pay counsel fees after filing. The October 5 opinion by.....
Chief Bankruptcy Judge Cecelia G. Morris of the Southern District of New York wrote an opinion in January 2020 where she said that some courts have incorrectly interpreted the Brunner test to impose.....