Type: Amicus
Date: May 6, 2011
Description: Whether debtor who makes payments on secured vehicle may deduct full Ownership Costs as set forth in the IRS Local Standards when calculating PDI.
Result: Debtor won.
In re Gentry, No. 06-50204 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn.)
Type: Amicus
Date: June 30, 2006
Description: Whether debtor may surrender a 910 vehicle in full satisfaction of creditor’s claim.
Result: Debtor won.
In re Ezell, No. 05-38219 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn.)
Type: Amicus
Date: March 13, 2006
Description: Whether debtor may surrender 910 car in full satisfaction of creditor’s claim.
Result: Debtor won. 338 B.R. 330 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2006), Reversed by E.D. Tenn. (Aug. 12, 2008)
Ezell Bankr. ED Tenn opinion
In re Long, No. 06-6252 (6th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: March 10, 2007
Description: Whether debtor may surrender 910 car in full satisfaction of creditor’s claim.
Result: Reversed.
In re Shockley, No. 08-3954 (6th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: December 2, 2008
Description: Negative equity
Result: Dismissed as moot.
Gold v. Lewis, No. 09-1777 (6th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: April 9, 2010
Description: Whether Ford buy-out plan is exempt under section 522(d)(11)(E)
Result: Affirmed. Debtor won.
In re Schafer, No. 10-8030 (B.A.P. 6th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: July 22, 2010
Description: Constitutionality of Michigan’s Bankruptcy specific exemption scheme.
Results: Reversed. Debtor lost.
AT&T Universal Card Services v. Mercer, No 98-60693 (5th Cir.)
In re Miller, No. 08-30601 (5th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: October 23, 2008
Description: Whether debtor may surrender 910 car in full satisfaction of claim.
Result: Reversed. Debtor lost.
In re Hersh, No. 07-10226 (5th Cir.)
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.