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.
Creating a split of circuits, the Tenth Circuit held that the 14-day deadline for filing an appeal from a bankruptcy court’s order is not jurisdictional.
Bankruptcy Rule 8002(a)(1) is nonetheless.....
The Supreme Court heard oral argument this morning in City of Chicago v. Fulton, 19-357 (Sup. Ct.), to resolve a circuit split and decide whether the automatic stay requires a creditor to turn over.....
The Eleventh Circuit wrote a decision on September 29 narrowly reading Husky International Electronics Inc. v. Ritz, 136 S. Ct. 1581 (2016), where the Supreme Court held that a debt can be.....
Hard cases make bad law, but Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth E. Brown of Denver took a hard case to make good law. Although the debtor was not a sympathetic character, Judge Brown reached a result implied.....
The Supreme Court has postponed oral argument in City of Chicago v. Fulton until the new term to begin in October 2020.
In Fulton, the justices will resolve a split of circuits regarding the automatic.....
Joining the Third Circuit, the Ninth Circuit held 2/1 that a buyer of defaulted debt can be liable under the FDCPA as a “debt collector,” even if the buyer has outsourced all of the collection work to.....
In a per curiam opinion on February 24, the Supreme Court effectively banned nunc pro tunc orders, which bankruptcy courts often use to make retention orders effective when the application or petition.....
In chapter 13, creditors – not just the debtor – may sometimes lose out if the debtor had concealed the existence of a personal injury claim and the defendant invokes judicial estoppel to bar.....
Fifth Circuit Stretches Equitable Notions to Bend Plain Language
A nonprecedential opinion from the Fifth Circuit raises the perennial question: When, if ever, may the court ignore the plain language.....
Although holding a hearing on a contempt motion in state court may not violate the automatic stay, the remedy imposed by the state court may nonetheless violate the stay, according to Bankruptcy Judge.....