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 a split decision, the Fourth Circuit upheld Bankruptcy Judge Paul M. Black, who had denied a motion to compel arbitration in a purported class action alleging violations of the automatic stay in.....
Unlike the majority of courts, the Sixth Circuit doesn’t permit a chapter 13 debtor to surrender collateral, modify a confirmed plan and classify the deficiency as an unsecured claim.
Bound by Sixth.....
Although the debtor had been foreclosed and the lender had won a writ of possession, a subsequent state court settlement order before bankruptcy was an executory contract that the debtor could assume.....
An individual bankrupt’s interest in a limited partnership is akin to an option and isn’t an executory contract subject to automatic rejection 60 days after filing, according to Chief Bankruptcy Judge.....
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.....
A decision by the district court in restructuring Puerto Rico’s debt demonstrates the gyrations a court must sometimes undertake to conclude that a contract is capable of assumption under the.....
If tribal law is written correctly, a tribe member’s share of gaming revenue is not estate property under Section 541(a), even if state law might give a different result, according to Chief Bankruptcy.....
Although she would have reached “a very different conclusion” if a dissent had been governing authority in the Fourth Circuit, Bankruptcy Judge Michelle M. Harner of Baltimore temporarily halted.....
An individual chapter 7 debtor cannot assume a lease of personal property by reaffirming the debt under Section 524(c). For example, a debtor can only assume a car lease by assuming the lease under.....
Eventually, the Supreme Court will decide whether debtors can be compelled to arbitrate core and non-core disputes with creditors. For now, at least, courts in the Ninth Circuit are giving short.....