Carlos T. Bea

9th Circuit Nov 24, 2020

The Debtor in Taggart v. Lorenzen Loses Again after Remand by the Supreme Court

The Ninth Circuit rules that Taggart raised a ‘significantly high hurdle’ before holding a creditor in contempt of the discharge injunction.
9th Circuit Apr 23, 2018

Violation of Discharge Is Now Difficult to Prove in the Ninth Circuit

An unreasonable but good faith, subjective belief that there is no injunction bars a finding of contempt in the Ninth Circuit.