The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's order upholding the bankruptcy court's decision to deny a claim of exemption under section 222.21, Florida Statutes, by a chapter 7 debtor with...
In affirming the district court's ruling, the Eleventh Circuit held that the bankruptcy court had the authority to modify the premiums that Walter Coal owed to two funds which it established to...
In affirming the bankruptcy court and the district court, the Eleventh Circuit held that a chapter 13 debtor's plan did not discharge the credit union's mortgage at the conclusion of her plan...
Judge(s):
Jill Pryor and Julie Carnes, Circuit Judges, and Conway, District Judge
The doctrine of equitable mootness applies to confirmed plans in chapter 9 (as well as chapter 11 and 13) bankruptcy cases. To the extent that constitutional rights may be affected in chapter 9...
In reversing the decision of the bankruptcy court and concluding that new value need not remain unpaid, the Eleventh Circuit held that the statement in Jet Florida System indicating that new value...
Eleventh Circuit reversed sanctions imposed by district court on attorneys for prosecuting claims that their client failed to disclose as assets in his bankruptcy case. Applying its 2017 ruling in...
A debtor's right to convert to chapter 11 from chapter 7 pursuant to Section 706(a) is limited by subsection (d). Thus, a debtor's right to convert is expressly conditioned on his ability to...
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...
District Court ruling vacated and remanded in light of changed circumstances. Specifically, remanded for district court to consider whether dismissal of an individual's confirmed chapter 11...
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...
