Posted by NCBRC - November 28th, 2022
In a succinct opinion, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed its 2004 decision that Congress abrogated tribal sovereign immunity with respect to the automatic stay. Numa Corp. v. Diven, No. 22-15298 (9th Cir. Nov. 14, 2022) (unpublished).
NCBRC and NACBA filed an amici brief in support of the debtor in this case. Read More
Posted by NCBRC - November 17th, 2022
A bankruptcy court rejected the tax lender’s challenge to the district’s Mandatory Form Chapter 13 Plan where it found the lender, whose claim would be fully paid through that plan, simply did “not want this Court’s oversight in approving claims for reimbursement for any post-petition expense charges.” In re Martin, No. 22-30148 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. Nov. 14, 2022). Read More
Posted by NCBRC - November 14th, 2022
A pawn agreement requiring the borrower to affirm that she was not in bankruptcy and did not intend to file for bankruptcy was not unenforceable as against public policy because the agreement did not commit the borrower to an agreement not to file for bankruptcy at a later date. TitleMax v. Roby, No. 21-630 (M.D. Ala. Sept. 19, 2022). Read More
Posted by NCBRC - November 11th, 2022
The “estate termination theory” allows the debtors to retain proceeds from the post-confirmation sale of prepetition property, where the value of the property appreciated and was sold after the property had revested in the debtors. In re Klein, No. 17-19106 (Bankr. D. Colo. Aug. 23, 2022). Read More
Posted by NCBRC - November 8th, 2022
A claimed exemption for 100% of FMV is allowed when no party in interest objects despite the fact that once the property appreciated post-petition, the exemption was greater than the statutory limit. Masingale v. Munding (In re Masingale), No. 22-1016 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. Nov. 2, 2022). Read More
Posted by NCBRC - November 3rd, 2022
Two chapter 13 plans providing for maintenance of the debtors’ student loans outside the plan satisfied section 1325(b)(1)(A)’s requirement that claims be paid at 100%, and did not unfairly discriminate against the class of student lenders even though they would receive smaller monthly payments than other unsecured claims and not be fully paid at the end of the plan. In re Durand-Day, No.22-40089 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. Oct. 26, 2022). Read More
Posted by NCBRC - November 2nd, 2022
A post-discharge liability arising out of pre-petition personal guaranty was not discharged in the debtors’ bankruptcy where the debt was based on transactions occurring four years after the debtors received their discharge. Reinhart Foodservice, LLC v. Schlundt, No. 21-1027 (E.D. Wisc. Oct. 27, 2022). Read More
Posted by NCBRC - October 28th, 2022
Where the state workers’ compensation procedure involves quasi-judicial steps including the right to notice, an opportunity to be heard, and the right to appeal an unfavorable decision, a lien arising out of that process is “judicial” rather than “statutory.” In re Shippy, No. 22-40706 (Bankr. W.D. Wash. Oct. 24, 2022). Read More
Posted by NCBRC - October 26th, 2022
Stating that it “is always in a Chapter 13 petitioner’s interest to minimize income and assets,” and speculating that “had the bankruptcy court and Stanley’s creditors known about [his civil] claim, the outcome of Stanley’s bankruptcy petition could have been less favorable to Stanley,” the Sixth Circuit all but eliminated a bankruptcy debtor’s defense against judicial estoppel based on lack of motive to conceal the claim. Stanley v. FCA US, LLC, No. 21-4238 (6th Cir. Oct 18, 2022). Read More
Posted by NCBRC - October 24th, 2022
A prepetition fee agreement where the debtor agreed to have the law firm pay the filing fee postpetition at which time the debtor would reimburse the firm, was unenforceable in that it was predicated on ignoring Bankruptcy Rule 1006(a) which requires the fee to be paid when the petition is filed. In re Digregorio, No. 21-79 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. Oct 19, 2022). Read More
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