File Name15a1252p.06; Case No. 15-1323, U.S. Court of Appeal for the Sixth Circuit (Oct. 22, 2015)
Ruling:
A voicemail by a student loan credit collection agency to a business owned by someone who owes student loan debt which simply provides the name of the caller, a reference number and the creditor's...
Judge(s):
Rogers and Donald, Circuit Court Judges, and Rose, District Judge, sitting by designation.
Summarized by David Baker , Law Office of David G. Baker
10 years 9 months ago
Citation:
First Circuit #15-1218, 1221, 1271 & 1272
Ruling:
Affirms District Court's holding that §903 of the Bankruptcy Code pre-empts Puerto Rico's recently enacted "Recovery Act", relating to municipal bankruptcy. One judge concurred, but would find...
Judge(s):
Lynch (author), Howard, and Toruella (concurring in the judgment but would hold that exclusion of Puerto Rico is unconstitutional).
Miller v. U.S. Trustee (In re Miller), BAP No. WY-14-002 (October 8, 2014)
Ruling:
For purposes of Chapter 7 eligibility, the means test under 11 USC 707(b) and 101(10A) requires calculation of all income received by a debtor in the six month look back period, rather than just...
Summarized by Bruce Weiner , Rosenberg, Musso & Weiner
11 years 6 months ago
Citation:
14-40108
Ruling:
Trustee can force sale of the entire homestead over objection of non-debtor spouse. The sale is not an unconstitutional taking because the property was acquired after BAPCPA went into effect and...
Summarized by Bryan Robinson , Law Offices of Bryan Robinson
11 years 7 months ago
Citation:
Christians v. Dmitruk (In re Dmitruk), 8th Cir. B.A.P. (14-6023), September 15, 2014
Ruling:
The 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the order of the Bankruptcy Court overruling the Trustee’s objection to the Debtor’s claimed exemption in the portion of his state income tax...
Judge(s):
FEDERMAN, Chief Judge, SALADINO and SHODEEN, Bankruptcy Judges
Summarized by Joel Levitin , Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
11 years 8 months ago
Citation:
Docket No. 12-4803-bk (2d Cir. August 13, 2014)
Ruling:
The bankruptcy court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to decide a tax refund claim because the liquidating trustee appointed pursuant to the Debtors' confirmed plan of reorganization did not...
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's order voiding a wholly unsecured second priority lien on residential property owned by a Chapter 7 debtor.
Summarized by Bryan Robinson , Law Offices of Bryan Robinson
12 years 1 week ago
Citation:
In Re Johnson, 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, No. 13-6050. (April 22, 2013)
Ruling:
The 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel reversed the ruling of the Bankruptcy Court permitting the Debtor’s claimed exemption in her property tax refund as a “government assistance". The 8th...
Judge(s):
FEDERMAN, Chief Judge, SCHERMER and NAIL, Bankruptcy Judges.
F.3d citation not yet available. Case No. 10-10882 (5th Cir. Apr. 9, 2014)
Ruling:
AFFIRMED district court’s ruling that federal law can trump Texas homestead exemptions to force the sale of the debtor’s homestead, notwithstanding the exemption rights of the non-debtor...
Judge(s):
HIGGINBOTHAM, OWEN, and HAYNES. Opinion by Priscilla R. Owen, Circuit Judge.
Satterfield v. Malloy III, No. 11–5144 (10th Cir. Nov. 28, 2012)
Ruling:
The Barton Doctrine precludes litigation in district court by a debtor against a trustee in bankruptcy when the cause of action arises out of the trustee's official duties unless the movant can...
