Rochelle's Daily Wire

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August 18, 2022

The Tenth Circuit is the first appeals court to rule on remedy after the Supreme Court said that the 2018 increase in U.S. Trustee fees was unconstitutional.

August 10, 2022

Fifth Circuit finds ‘related to’ jurisdiction in a lawsuit between two third parties who were neither debtors nor creditors.

July 21, 2022

Splitting with the Ninth Circuit, the First Circuit holds that claims under the Takings Clause cannot be discharged in a municipal bankruptcy.

June 17, 2022

With the statute silent, the Ninth Circuit makes rules for assets that go to the chapter 7 estate on conversion from chapter 11.

June 16, 2022

Substantial consummation under Section 1193(b) was defined by the bankruptcy court to mean commencement of distributions to some but not all creditor classes.

June 15, 2022

The Supreme Court on June 13 declined to hear two bankruptcy cases in the term to begin next October.

June 14, 2022

Status as a ‘known’ or ‘unknown’ creditor misses the point when a lease was either assumed or rode through the chapter 11 case, Judge Jernigan says.

June 6, 2022

The Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion avoids saying whether the dual system of U.S. Trustees and Bankruptcy Administrators is itself unconstitutional.

May 23, 2022

First Circuit won’t allow artful pleading to avoid the automatic stay in municipal bankruptcies.

May 13, 2022

Unlike chapters 12 and 13, the bankruptcy court in Subchapter V has discretion in selecting the commitment period for confirmation of a cramdown plan.