Reversing the lower courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that a Chapter 13 debtor who had made voluntary contributions to an employer-sponsored retirement plan...
Judge(s):
Sidney R. Thomas, Consuelo M. Callahan, and Gabriel P. Sanchez, Circuit Judges
1) A bankruptcy court cannot alter the "chapter 13 bargain" by confirming a modification to a debtor's chapter 13 plan, over the debtor's objection, that captures the appreciation to a debtor's...
Judge(s):
FARIS, BRAND, and HERCHER (the Honorable David W. Hercher, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District ofOregon, sitting by designation)
