Judge Court
Northern District of California
Ninth Circuit BAP Squarely Upholds ‘Chapter 20’: No Lien and No Claim Survive
BAP reversed the bankruptcy court’s ruling that personal liability on a discharged debt was resurrected in ‘chapter 20.
Disciplinary Sanctions Held Nondischargeable Even Though Not Paid to the State
The Ninth Circuit BAP follows Kelley, even though the panel implies that the Supreme Court tortured the language in Section 523(a)(7).
BAP Declines to Rule on Waiver Resulting from Election to ‘Surrender’
Mortgage lender fails to export the Eleventh Circuit’s Failla decision to the Ninth Circuit.