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Benchnotes By Bradley D. Pack, Aaron M. Kaufman and Christina Sanfelippo Supreme Court Holds that § 363(m) Does Not Create Jurisdictional Bar; Side-Steps Mootness Issue Under 11 U.S.C. § 363(m), absent a stay of an order approving a sale or lease of bankruptcy estate

Within the next year, four circuits will have ruled on a split where some lower courts pay chapter 13 trustees and others don’t when dismissal precedes confirmation.

The first court of appeals to rule on a question where lower courts are split, the Tenth Circuit finds the statute unambiguous and requires a chapter 13 trustee to disgorge his or her fee if the case is dismissed before confirmation.