11th Circuit

Reading Husky narrowly, the Eleventh Circuit requires that fraud occur before a debt arises to make the debt nondischargeable under Section 523(a)(2)(A).

Eleventh Circuit joins the majority of circuits by holding that unforeseen, changed circumstances are not required to modify a chapter 13 plan.

When $50,000 in sanctions were not enough to coerce compliance with the Code and Rules, the Eleventh Circuit upheld $150,000 in sanctions for a second violation.

In the first court of appeals decision on the topic, the Eleventh Circuit holds that the chapter 13 trustee alone has power to assume a lease or contract.

For the Eleventh Circuit, scheduling the unsecured claim resulted in automatic rejection even though the contract was not scheduled as executory.

Even if the two-year statute of limitations for avoidance actions has run, the trustee can still strip away the lender’s secured status in a claim objection.

Taggart allows a court to deny a contempt motion without deciding whether the creditor’s action actually violated the discharge injunction.

The Supreme Court has ducked the split twice in recent years but should tackle the question this time around.

In matrimonial cases, courts find creative reasons for not avoiding a lien that impairs an exemption.

Eleventh Circuit refuses to read words into Section 727(d)(2) that aren’t there.