Trustee seeking to sell residence cannot force Debtor to vacate premises while Trustee attempts to sell property merely by tendering to Debtor the value of Debtor's claimed exemption.
Debtor in a involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy lacked standing to argue that the Chapter 11 trustee for a business trust formerly owned by the debtor (the "Other Trustee") violated the automatic stay...
Judge(s):
BRAND, SPRAKER (Chief Bankruptcy Judge, D. Alaska, sitting by designation), KURTZ
The bankruptcy court properly disallowed a claim filed by a secured creditor that failed to comply with Arizona state law for preserving the right to a deficiency following the foreclosure. Arizona...
Judge(s):
BENTON, SHEPHERD, STRAND (N.D. Iowa, sitting by designation)
Claims based on events that occur after the filing of a voluntary Chapter 7 petition are not subject to judicial estoppel if the debtor fails to disclose and schedule such claims.
The Court of...
An appeal in a civil case from the District Court is timely under Fed. R. App. P. 4 if filed within 30 days of the order being appealed from and the failure to properly designate the order from...
Bankruptcy court erred by finding creditor in contempt for willfully violating debtor's discharge injunction without making any finding as to whether creditor knew the discharge injunction...
Sixth Circuit BAP affirmed Bankruptcy Court's order granting summary judgment for the creditor in a non-dischargeability case under Section 523(a)(6) determining that a jury verdict in U.S....
Judge(s):
Delk, Preston and Wise, Bankruptcy Appellate Judges
In affirming the district court and bankruptcy court, the 11th Circuit held that 11 U.S.C. 707(b) applies to a petition that was initially filed under Chapter 13 but later converted to a petition...