Failure to address a lower court's opinion that the appeal was moot under section 363(m) constitutes a waiver of that argument unless the appellant presented evidence at the bankruptcy court, and...
Former members of the board of directors of a Nevada corporation, who had been removed by the receiver for the corporation, did not have standing under Nevada law to file a bankruptcy petition on...
Judge(s):
Graber, Tallman, and Ivan L.R. Lemelle (Senior District Judge, E.D. La., sitting by designation)
In order to obtain a section 523(a)(8) discharge, a debtor must introduce a preponderance of evidence that shows that any obligation to repay student loan debt imposes an undue hardship on the...
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...
The "rule of mandate," which requires that a trial court quote adhere to the appellate court's decision, does not prohibit a trial court from addressing issues that were not decided by the...
Judge(s):
FARIS, SPRAKER, and BASON (sitting by designation)
The mental culpability to make a debt non-dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(4) can be established with evidence that the debtor failed to comply with corporate formalities (at least when the...
A declaration by a governmental instrumentality (i.e., not the legislature) of the existence of a lien is insufficient to create a statutory lien unless the instrumentality's declaration is...
Judge(s):
Howard, Kayatte, and Torreson (D. Maine, sitting by designation)
An avoidance defendant-creditor cannot rely on Rule 60 for reconsideration, instead of a timely appeal, of an order disallowing the party's proof of claim, especially where the arguments asserted...
A law firm representing a creditor or a party in interest in a bankruptcy case has to unequivocally state its own objection, not just its client's objection, to a proposed settlement in order to...
Judge(s):
Jay S. Bybee, Paul J. Watford, and John M. Rogers (United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation)
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)
