First Circuit Dismisses as Moot Even Though the Appeal Dealt with Payment of Money
Dismissal of a chapter 13 case moots an appeal regarding an allegedly erroneous order directing payment of money.
Debtors Can’t Easily Glom Uncashed Distribution Checks
Just because a creditor doesn’t cash a distribution check doesn’t mean it’s abandoned and reverts to the debtor.
NC Appellate Court Rules Plans Must Be Unambiguous to Hold a Creditor in Civil Contempt, Citing Taggart
After Taggart v. Lorenzen, plans, orders and injunctions must be highly specific to hold an offending creditor in contempt.
Puerto Rico Case and the Efficacy of Prof. Westbrook’s Definition of ‘Executoriness’
The bankruptcy community needs a better definition of what’s an executory contract, and Prof. Jay Westbrook has it.