Complaint Survives Against Chicago for Not Releasing Impounded Cars Immediately
Despite Fulton, a Chicago bankruptcy judge rules that the City of Chicago might have violated Section 362(a)(4), (a)(6) or (a)(7) by refusing to release impounded cars immediately after a debtor files a chapter 13 petition.
Ninth Circuit Affirms the BAP on the Outer Limits of the Discharge Injunction
Deducting a discharged loan to a child from her inheritance didn’t violate the discharge injunction.
No Duty to Release an Attachment After Fulton, Ninth Circuit BAP Says
The BAP decision may have a hint that failure to stop proceedings after bankruptcy can be an automatic stay violation, even after Fulton.
Merely ‘Technical’ Stay Violations Don’t Obviate Section 362(k) Sanctions, BAP Says
Even when the debtors are not parties to the suit, the stay is violated when a creditor pursues an action to collect a debt owing by the debtors, so says the Ninth Circuit BAP.
Disastrous Litigation Strategy Didn’t Justify Stay Modification, Eleventh Circuit Says
Stay modification is required even if the creditor wants to intervene in state court to help the bankrupt estate.
Status Conferences to Continue Prepetition State Court Suits Don’t Violate the Stay
The Ninth Circuit B.A.P. says that the automatic stay does not require dismissal of prepetition lawsuits against debtors.
Barton Didn’t Stop Creditors from Garnishing a Chapter 13 Trustee After Dismissal
The debtor’s bad faith chapter 13 filings convinced Judge Hall to allow garnishment of funds held by the trustee after dismissal.