11 U.S.C. § 1327(a), as applied in the Seventh Circuit under Holstein v. Brill, 987 F.2d 1268 (7th Cir. 1993), and In re Chappell, 984 F.2d 775, 782 (7th Cir. 1993), does not bar creditors from...
The bankruptcy court abused its discretion by refusing to allow a claim to be amended after the claims bar date where the debtor failed to show that allowing the amendment would cause undue...
A creditor was bound by a confirmed reorganization plan, even if the creditor was never served, because: (i) the creditor filed a motion for relief from the automatic stay, thus appearing in the...
In cases where a judgment creditor seeks to use a prior state court judgment to establish that the judgment debt is nondischargeable, courts apply the applicable state's law of issue preclusion. In...
The attorney for a debtor, and the debtor's former management, do not have standing to appeal an order converting a Chapter 11 to a Chapter 7 case. In re C.W. Mining Co., 636 F.3d 1257 (10th Cir....
A federal court may not use state fee-shifting statutes to award a prevailing party attorney's fees in a diversity action. Such statutes are procedural and conflict with federal procedure governing...
A chapter 7 debtor whose estate is insolvent lacks standing to object to any claim if the estate is insolvent because the debtor will not be affected by the outcome of the claims litigation.
A damages award for breach of a settlement agreement that (i) required one party to transfer his interests in various entities to another person in exchange for payments over time, (ii) made the...
A contract to sell real property is no longer executory, regardless of what performance has not been completed, if a state court has entered an order compelling specific performance. Because a...
