Consumer Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy Judge Jeffery Deller of Pittsburgh defines impermissible discrimination among unsecured creditors in a chapter 13 plan.

A tort claim time-barred at filing doesn’t become estate property when the legislature reopens the statute of limitations.

Courts are split on whether unsecured creditors are entitled to interest in full payment plans when debtors are paying less than monthly disposable income.

Chapter 13 trustee can’t require a debtor to maintain a ‘safety net,’ Bankruptcy Judge Hillen says.

When a trustee doesn’t file a notice with the adjourned date of a creditors’ meeting, equitable considerations govern when or whether the time expired for objecting to exemptions.

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The Ninth Circuit will sit en banc, presenting the possibility of a circuit split that could end up stripping bankruptcy trustees of qualified judicial immunity.

The issuance of an execution to the sheriff in New York results in the creation of a lien on personalty and the time of a transfer for preference purposes.

Equitable Power, or Court’s Discretion: Everyone Wants a Piece, Part II 1 By Christopher Conte “Bankruptcy courts are courts of equity.” 2 Anyone who has practiced in front of bankruptcy judges for any length of time has undoubtedly heard, or uttered, the above quote

Bankruptcy Judge Hunt in Salt Lake City split with the Sixth Circuit, which held that a debtor can’t modify a plan by surrendering a car but must continue paying the auto lender in full.