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.
Upholding Bankruptcy Judge Gregory T. Taddonio, a district judge in Pittsburgh held that stripping off a state’s tax lien is an in rem proceeding in which the state has no Eleventh Amendment sovereign.....
On an issue where the courts are divided, Bankruptcy Judge Michelle M. Harner of Baltimore ruled that a creditor without notice of a chapter 13 case was not permitted to file a late claim, nor was the.....
A parent who cosigned a student loan for a child cannot separately classify the loan and pay it in full under a chapter 13 plan, according to Bankruptcy Judge David M. Warren of Raleigh, North.....
Sitting en banc, the Fourth Circuit voted 11-3 to overrule its own precedent and held that Section 1322(c)(2) permits a debtor to strip down a claim on a home mortgage that matures before the last.....
Malicious Theft of Trade Secrets Doesn’t Result in Nondischargeability, Circuit Says
Even though the actions were willful and malicious, a judgment for misappropriation of trade secrets under the.....
Sovereign Immunity Doesn’t Insulate States from Lien Stripping
Bankruptcy Judge Gregory T Taddonio of Pittsburgh likened the Pennsylvania state taxing authority to Achilles, the Greek hero who thought.....
Treasury Offset Program Can’t Be Used After Bankruptcy, Judge Volk Rules
Chief Bankruptcy Judge Frank W Volk of Charleston, West Virginia, was nominated this month to sit on the U S District Court for.....
Refunds by Creditors After Chapter 13 Discharge Go to Creditors, Not the Debtor
If a chapter 13 case is dismissed before confirmation, Section 1326 a 2 requires the trustee to return undistributed.....
Section 1326 Preempts State Law on Levies to Collect Child Support, Fourth Circuit Says
The Bankruptcy Code preempts state law allowing recovery of child support arrears by levying on money held by a.....