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.
A district judge in Chicago lamented how the Supreme Court and the Seventh Circuit have curtailed the ability of federal courts to enforce some consumer protection laws.
A discharged bankrupt filed a.....
When Fulton came down in January, the Supreme Court decided that debtors are not entitled to regain possession of impounded cars under Section 362(a)(3) simply by filing chapter 13 petitions. City of.....
Even though measured by the expenses incurred by the state disciplinary authorities, a district judge in Wisconsin sided with the Ninth Circuit and held that costs assessed against the lawyer were not.....
On an issue where the circuits are split, a district judge sided with the majority by upholding Bankruptcy Judge Kent Lindquist of Hammond, Indiana, and ruling that the automatic stay does not.....
Bankruptcy Judge Timothy A. Barnes of Chicago displayed tools a judge can use to help a debtor who may have had a meritorious defense but could not afford to defend a dischargeability suit.
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On a question where the lower courts are split, Chief Bankruptcy Judge G. Michael Halfenger of Milwaukee decided that the fees paid for a chapter 13 debtor’s counsel must be taken into consideration.....
Auto owners in Chicago sustained a defeat when the Supreme Court held on January 14 that refusing to turn over an impounded car does not violate the automatic stay in Section 362(a)(3). Consequently.....
If a chapter 7 case is converted to chapter 13 after the debtor receives a discharge, creditors with discharged claims are entitled to the allowance of their claims in chapter 13, according to.....
The Seventh Circuit, per Circuit Judge Frank Easterbrook, has issued the third in a series of opinions emphatically requiring bankruptcy courts to make case-specific findings of fact when a chapter 13.....
Even if the bankruptcy court’s order was final and appealable, the order of the district court deciding an appeal isn’t necessarily a final order conferring the right of appeal to the court of appeals.....