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 chapter 13 debtor may strip off an underwater, subordinate lien on a homestead, even if the lien came into existence before the debtor owned the property, according to a decision by Bankruptcy Judge.....
If a chapter 13 debtor unintentionally fails to disclose an asset, the debtor keeps the asset if it was discovered after discharge and the completion of plan payments, according to Bankruptcy Judge.....
In a chapter 13 case, the local rules barred chapter 13 debtors’ plans from revesting estate property in the debtor until final decree. The bankruptcy court refused to confirm a plan with a provision.....
The Second Circuit held that denial of an individual chapter 7 debtor’s motion to dismiss the petition is not a final order and is not subject to appeal.
True, in ordinary civil litigation, the denial.....
At the end of the term, the Supreme Court decided a nonbankruptcy case that puts to rest several bankruptcy questions arising in the wake of Northern Pipeline, Granfinanciera and Stern v. Marshall.
In.....
On an issue of first impression, the First Circuit has held that a bankruptcy court need not retain jurisdiction to entertain an alleged debtor’s post-dismissal request for attorneys’ fees under.....
Over a dissent, the majority on a Fourth Circuit panel laid down a bright-line rule in holding that “Section 327(a) does not authorize former trustees, following conversion, to file an after-the-fact.....
In a case of first impression among the circuits, the Ninth Circuit held that misrepresentations made by individuals in chapter 11 about the value of a home will allow a later chapter 7 trustee to.....
In Tyler v. Hennepin County, 598 U.S. 631 (2023), the Supreme Court decided in May 2023 that a real estate tax foreclosure can violate the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment when a municipality.....
Parsing two decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Tenth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel decided that nondischargeability for actual fraud under Section 523(a)(2)(A) demands justifiable.....