Type: Amicus
Date: September 26, 2007
Description: Whether sections 526(a)(4) and 527, related to debt relief agencies, are unconstitutional.
Result: Affirmed in part, reversed in part. Debtor lost.
In re Wilborn, No. 09-20415 (5th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: December 7, 2009
Description: Whether bankruptcy court could certify class to challenge Well Fargo’s charging of undisclosed professional fees during court of chapter 13 plan.
Result: Vacated.
Burnett v. Stewart Title, No. 10-20250 (5th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: June 21, 2010
Description: Whether section 525(b) permits denial of employment to prospective employee on basis of bankruptcy.
Result: Affirmed. Debtor lost.
In re Chilton, No. 11-40377 (5th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: July 1, 2011
Description: Exemption for inherited IRA.
Result: Judgment affirmed, March 12, 2012
Chilton 5th NACBA amicus
In re Massey, No. 01-1426 (4th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: June 12, 2001
Description: Whether favored treatment of co-debtor claim under section 1322(b)(1) is subject to unfair discrimination test.
Result: Dismissed.
Brief
In re Price, No. 07-2185 (4th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: October 30, 2007
Description: Negative equity.
Result: Reversed. Debtor lost. 562 F.3d 618 (4th Cir. 2009)
In re Bellamy, No. 07-11332 (Bankr. D. Md)
Type: Amicus
Date: October, 2007
Description: Whether chapter 13 trustee must pay debtor’s attorney fees approved under section 1326(a)(2) ahead of claims from unsecured and secured creditors.
Result: Debtor won. 379 B.R. 86 (Bankr. D. Md. 2007)
In re White, No. 06-31611 (Bankr. W.D. N.C.)
Type: Amicus
Date: January 17, 2007
Description: Whether debtor may surrender a 910 car in full satisfaction of creditor’s claim.
Result: Debtor lost.
Gentry v. Circuit City, Inc., No. 10-2418 (4th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: August 2, 2011
Description: Whether bankruptcy court erred in denying class certification to employee creditors of Circuit City.
Result: Judgment affirmed, February 2, 2012.
In re Meadows, No. 07-1968 (4th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: January 25, 2008
Description: Whether debtor may surrender 910 car in full satisfaction of creditor’s claim.
Result: Vacated. Debtor lost.