Three-Year Bar to Refiling in Chapter 13 Imposed for ‘Vexatious, Frivolous’ Litigation
Motions to recuse three bankruptcy judges fortified the third judge’s decision to dismiss and bar refiling for three years.
Bar Date Notice by Email Is Insufficient, Delaware’s Judge Goldblatt Says
Notice by email may satisfy due process but doesn’t comply with notice by ‘mail’ under Bankruptcy Rule 2002.
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.
Disclosing a Lawsuit Only in the SOFA Won’t Result in Abandonment, Circuit Says
Disclosing a lawsuit in the SOFA and discussing the suit with the trustee was no substitute for listing the suit among a debtor’s assets, the Ninth Circuit held.
Capped Landlord Claim Can Also Be Nondischargeable, Eighth Circuit Says
Retired Judge Kressel wrote the opinion in 2000 relied on by the Eighth Circuit.
Bad Faith Permits Dismissal of a Chapter 13 Case with Conditions, Judge Waites Says
Debtor accepted a bar to refiling to avoid dismissal with prejudice of her chapter 13 case.
Refusing to Release an Attachment After Filing Is No Stay Violation Following Fulton
Pennsylvania’s Judge Conway hints that failure to stop proceedings after bankruptcy can be an automatic stay violation, even after Fulton.