Addressing the effect of the 2005 amendment to 11 U.S.C. § 362, the Third Circuit's decision in In re University Medical Center, 973 F.2d 1065 (3d Cir. 1992), remains good law so that a creditor...
Under California probate law, the execution of a written disclaimer of an interest in a trust by a beneficiary is insufficient to makes the disclaimer a voidable transfer under California's...
A judgment entered by a California court against a debtor for fraud is entitled to preclusive effect, even if the debtor did not participate in the state-court trial, so long as there is an...
The priority cap for employee benefit plan claims in 11 U.S.C. § 507(a)(5) is determined on a plan-by-plan basis, even if the same union is the sponsor for two or more plans. Section 507(a)(5)'s...
A Chapter 13 debtor who does not make all plan payments within the five-year maximum plan period is not eligible for a discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 1328(a), even if the debtor makes the payments...
A default judgment against a debtor, on a complaint that alleges alternative causes for liability, does not satisfy the requirements of § 523(a)(2)(A) under Florida law regarding collateral...
Judge(s):
JORDAN, MARCUS, and GINSBURG (United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia, sitting by designation)
In order to succeed on a claim of economic duress under Iowa law, a borrower must (1) prove that the duress resulted from the lender's wrongful and oppressive conduct and not by the borrower's...
A homeowners' association foreclosure sale that violates the automatic stay (11 U.S.C. § 362(a)) is void under Nevada law, and the holder of a deed of trust that was extinguished by the HOA's...
Judge(s):
Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Danielle J. Forrest, and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges
Under Hitt v. Glass (In re Glass), 164 B.R. 759, 765 (9th Cir. BAP 1994), aff’d, 60 F.3d 565 (9th Cir. 1995), a trustee may defeat a debtor's exemption on property released from a lien or...
The Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, and not the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, apply to cases for which federal courts have jurisdiction under the "related to" jurisdictional grant of 28...
Judge(s):
Lynch and Selya, Circuit Judges, and Katzmann, Judge of the US Court of International Trade, sitting by designation
