Supreme Court Update: Two Bankruptcy Cases in the Running for ‘Cert’
Circuit splits over trademarks and the automatic stay are contenders for resolution in the Supreme Court.
Tenth Circuit Opinion Can Be the Springboard for a ‘Cert’ on the Automatic Stay
Circuit split is widening on whether inaction can be a violation of the automatic stay.
Retention of Voluntary Post-Petition Payment Doesn’t Violate the Automatic Stay
A creditor was allowed to keep a voluntary, post-petition payment on a pre-petition debt that the debtor made with non-estate property.
Status Report on the Supreme Court
Already primed to rule on nonjudicial foreclosure, the Supreme Court might take cases involving contempt, the automatic stay and trademarks.
Major Automatic Stay Issue Inches Toward the Supreme Court
Chicago parking ticket cases to be resolved in the Seventh Circuit.
Raising a Circuit Split, Ninth Circuit’s Taggart Opinion Heads for a ‘Cert’ Petition
BAP opinion shows that contempt is virtually impossible to prove in the Ninth Circuit following Taggart.
Circuits Split on Sovereign Immunity and Emotional Distress Damages for a Stay Violation
Ninth Circuit splits with the First on the interpretation of Section 106(a).