Sixth Circuit ruled that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine applies on a claim-by-claim basis and, if the source of the injury is the state court decision, then the court is barred from asserting...
Judge(s):
Batchelder, Gilman and Rogers, Circuit Court Judges
Disagreeing with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in In re Rosenfeld,
23 F.3d 833 (4th Cir. 1994), the Ninth Circuit held that post-petition condominium association...
Judge(s):
SMITH, MURGUIA, and EDUARDO C. ROBRENO (E.D. Pa., sitting by designation)
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's (E.D. Ky.) dismissal of the debtor’s undue hardship student loan complaint because the debtor failed to state...
Because the district court considered all the facts and circumstances of
Weakley’s cases in determining whether he intended to mislead the bankruptcy
court, see id. at 1185, it did not abuse...
Pawned property becomes property of the bankruptcy estate, and the pawnbroker's state-law notice regarding the pawned personal property violated the automatic stay. The BAP did not reach the issue...
An attorney violates 11 U.S.C. 526(a)(4) if the attorney instructs a client to pay bankruptcy-related legal fees using a credit card. After going through several ways that 11 U.S.C. 526(a)(4) may...
A chapter 13 debtor may strip down a creditor’s undersecured (or fully underwater) lien whether or not that creditor filed a proof claim, and this power arises under § 1322(b), and not § ...
Individuals maintaining an interest in their residence, such as through a self-settled trust, retain an equitable ownership interest that is property of the estate and therefore qualified for the...
A Wyoming debtor can claim as exempt under 11 U.S.C. § 522(b)(3)(B) property he holds an interest as tenancy by the entirety to the extent exempt under non-bankruptcy law. Under Wyoming common...
