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Q+A: Are 401(K) Loans Secured Debts?
November 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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First Case Roundup of Fall
September 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment
7th Cir
Freeland Enodis Corp., 06-4178 [Sep. 2, 2008]
In ruling on multiple appeals arising out of bankruptcy Court holds that plaintiff trustee may avoid certain transfers by the debtor as fraudulent, but further findings are required with respect to the solvency of the debtor afterward (i.e. did the transfers render the debtor insolvent). Accordingly, summary judgment for trustee on the 547 and 548 claims is reversed and the matter is remanded for further findings on the trustee’s claims that the transferee entity was merely an ‘alter ego’ of the debtor.
8th Cir
Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz v. US, 07-2405 [Sep. 4, 2008]
In a case challenging application of the BAPCPA, summary judgment for the plaintiff is affirmed in part and reversed in part where the Court found that while attorneys providing bankruptcy assistance are “debt relief agencies” under the BAPCPA, 526(a)(4) is unconstitutional as applied to them; nonetheless 528(a)(4) and (b)(2) are constitutional so the result is to restore the effect of the amended law (at least in part).
9th Cir
Burkhart v. Coleman, 06-15411 [Sep. 4, 2008]
In an action to quiet title, rulings that federal bankruptcy law does not preempt California protection of bona fide purchasers and that unauthorized post-bankruptcy sale of real property causes title to rest with the purchaser, not the bankruptcy estate, are affirmed where: 1) the bankruptcy estate failed to record title in the property; and 2) a bona fide purchaser bought and recorded title in the property.
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filings head back up! up! up!
September 1, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Bankruptcy Filings Nearing Million
From the Bankruptcy Law Network
Posted Aug 28 by Jill Michaux
Almost a million bankruptcy cases were filed since last June according to UST statistics.
Consumer +28.4%
Business +41.6%
Ch. 7 +36.7%
Ch. 13 +16.9%
Ch. 11 +30.6%
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Case Roundup
August 5, 2008 · Leave a Comment
cir 3
In re: Carco Elec., 07-1009 [July 29, 2008]
In a dispute between competing bidders in the acquisition of debtor’s production facilities during bankruptcy proceedings, an appeal from a protective order limiting the disclosure of the bidders’ respective trade secrets during discovery is dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction where the order was neither final nor appealable under the limited scope of the collateral order doctrine.
In re: Mullarkey, 05-4081, 05-4651 [July 31, 2008]
In a suit alleging fraud in a bankruptcy proceeding by co-owners of debtor’s property, dismissal of claims is reversed where the bankruptcy court had subject-matter jurisdiction over the complaint, but erred in dismissing plaintiff-debtor’s claims on various theories of preclusion.
cir 4
Sartin v. Macik, 071464 [July 28, 2008]
A state default judgment, entered as a penalty for a party’s failure to comply with a North Carolina court’s discovery order, does not have collateral estoppel effect in subsequent litigation in bankruptcy court.
cir 9
In the Matter of: Coleman, 06-16477 [August 01, 2008]
“[U]ndue hardship” determinations, whereby bankruptcy courts decide whether student loans qualify for discharge, can be ripe in a Chapter 13 case substantially in advance of plan completion.
cir 10
In re: Paul, 07-1395 [July 28, 2008]
In an adversary proceeding brought by former debtors after a bankruptcy discharge claiming that defendant violated a discharge injunction via a state court action, an order sanctioning defendant and enjoining her from pursuing the state court litigation is reversed where neither the bankruptcy court’s findings, nor the facts of record on which they are based, demonstrated that defendant’s facially permissible actions violated the discharge injunction.
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case updates – hometown, cir 3, cir 8
July 24, 2008 · Leave a Comment
3rd cir
Windt v. Qwest Communications, 06-4662, 06-4808 [June 10, 2008]
In a lawsuit brought by bankruptcy trustees of a Dutch company asserting various claims against defendants who were allegedly responsible for the company’s insolvency, judgment dismissing trustee-plaintiff’s complaint on forum non-conveniens grounds is affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion in: 1) affording low deference to plaintiffs’ choice of forum in view of Netherlands’ substantial interest in resolving a dispute concerning alleged mismanagement of a Dutch company by board members and officers of that Dutch company; 2) concluding that avoiding problems in the application of foreign law favored dismissal; 3) balancing the public and private interest factors implicated in the case; and 4) determining that the convenience of litigating the dispute in New Jersey was outweighed by the oppressive or vexatious effect on defendants.
8th cir
US v. Mitchell, 07-3136 [June 10, 2008]
Conviction upon defendant’s retrial for knowingly and fraudulently making a false statement under penalty of perjury in a bankruptcy case is affirmed where the circuit court declines to revisit a double jeopardy issue, and there was sufficient evidence to sustain his conviction.
ND IL ED
In re Weadley, 06-1854
Bibby Financial v. Weadley, 07-683
Issued June 11, 2008
Judge A. Benjamin Goldgar
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