Michigan's bankruptcy specific exemption statute (Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5451) is unconstitutional under the Bankruptcy Clause of the United States Constitution (Article I, sec. 8, cl.4)....
Applying Ohio law. the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel concluded that an application for certificate of title signed by the Debtor and which listed the Debtor's grandmother as the lienholder, coupled...
--F.3d---, 2010 WL 3155161, 109 Fair Empl. Prac. Case (BNA) 1731, 6th Circuit (Tenn.), August 11 , 2010, (No. 09-5626)
Ruling:
In split decision, the Sixth Circuit affirmed District Court's dismissal of debtor's sexual harrassment claims against former employer on judicial estoppel grounds based on debtor's failure to...
6th Circuit Court of Appeals, Case No. 09-05817, (September 3, 2010)
Ruling:
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the Sixth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel which dismissed the appellant's appeal on grounds of statutory mootness under 11 U.S.C....
Judge(s):
Rogers (Cook, concurring); (Clay, concurring in the result)
Trial court overruled trustee's objection to exemptions. Trial court found trustee failed to prove bad faith by debtor in listing tax refunds in incorrect amounts and then amending exemptions to...
