Type: Amicus
Date: December 3, 2007
Description: Whether 910 car creditor is entitled to interest on its claim under section 1325(a)(5) or whether debtor may bifurcate claim under section 1322.
Result: Vacated and remanded. Debtor lost.
In re Stephens, No. 11-29 (B.A.P. 10th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: August 22, 2011
Description: Application of absolute priority rule to individual chapter 11 debtors.
Result: Certified for direct appeal to Tenth Circuit, October 7, 2011
Tanner v. Firstplus Financial, No. 99-11985 (11th Cir.)
Great American Financial v. Paschen, No. 01-16353 (11th Cir.)
Washington v. Reding, No. 09-0579 (M.D. Ala.)
Type: Amicus
Date: October 29, 2009
Description: Whether unemployment compensation is excluded from CMI as social security benefit.
Result: Affirmed. Debtor lost.
Tennyson v. Whaley, No. 09-14628 (11th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: November 25, 2009
Description: Whether debtor with negative disposable income on Form 22C must file chapter 13 plan with 60 month applicable commitment period.
Result: Reversed and remanded. Debtor lost.
In re Sainlar, No. 05-14070 (Bankr. M.D. Fla.)
Type: Amicus
Date: January 30, 2006
Description: Whether appreciation in value is an interest acquired for purposes of the homestead cap.
Result: Debtor won. 344 B.R. 669 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2006)
In re Graupner, No. 07-37 (Bankr. M.D. Ga.)
Type: Amicus
Date: May 24, 2007
Description: Negative equity.
Result: Debtor lost. 2007 WL 1858291 (M.D. Ga. June 26, 2007)
In re Barrett, No. 07-14796 (11th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: January 25, 2008
Description: Whether debtor may surrender 910 car in full satisfaction of creditor’s claim.
Result: Debtor lost.
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In re McNeal, No. 10-1612 (N.D. Ga.)
Type: Amicus
Date: September 27, 2010
Description: Whether wholly unsecured residential lien may be stripped off in chapter 7.
Result: Affirmed. Debtor lost.
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