Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Judges Disagree on Allowing Emotional Distress Damages
One day apart, bankruptcy judges in the Ninth Circuit disagreed on emotional distress damages for violations of the discharge injunction.
A False Certificate of Payment (Temporarily) Barred a Landlord from Evicting
New York’s Judge David Jones explored the intricacies of Section 322(b)(22)’s bar to using bankruptcy to halt eviction.
Cursing the Debtor by Itself Isn’t a Violation of the Automatic Stay
A vulgarity directed at the debtor wasn’t a stay violation absent an act designed to collect a debt.
Bankruptcy Is No Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card for a Disobedient Debtor
When there has been a division of marital property, does a debtor only hold legal title to property given to the spouse?