Claim preclusion does not bar a debtor from amending their schedule of exemptions (which is allowed under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1009(a)) when the amendments assert different grounds for exempting...
Judge(s):
Marsha S. Berzon and Mark J. Bennett, Circuit Judges, and Joan H. Lefkow, District Judge, sitting by designation
Avoidance under 11 U.S.C. § 724(a) of the portion of a tax lien for penalties does not alter the priority of the amount of the tax authority's unavoided lien claim against the proceeds of the...
Judge(s):
Susan P. Graber, Roopali H. Desai, and Ana de Alba, Circuit Judges
A debtor is ineligible for bankruptcy in the Third Circuit if it cannot show that it is in financial distress. A debtor's mere forecast of blockbuster verdicts against it, or the "attenuated"...
Walls v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 276 F.3d 502 (9th Cir. 2002), does not preclude a Fair Debt Collection Practices Claim Act (15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq.) claim by a debtor who receives a discharge...
Judge(s):
Kim McLane Wardlaw, Deborah L. Cook,* and Danielle J. Hunsaker, Circuit Judges (The Honorable Deborah L. Cook, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation)
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the confirmation of a Chapter 11 Plan that included a limited non-consensual third party release of certain creditors for potential claims arising out of conduct in the...
Judge(s):
Richard A. Paez, Marsha S. Berzon, and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.
9th Cir. dismissed for lack of jurisdiction appeals from BAP's decision affirming bankruptcy court’s contempt orders issued against a creditor and reversing and remanding issue of punitive...
The BAP affirmed the bankruptcy court's orders (1) ruling that the debtor had failed to timely make an oral motion to assume a lease, (2) denying the use of its powers under section 105(a) to grant...
