Rochelle's Daily Wire

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April 5, 2023

The U.S. Attorney argued in district court that the Voyager plan would bar the government from enforcing federal regulations and criminal laws.

March 21, 2023

Subordinated lenders can’t take a ‘haircut,’ give a ‘tip’ to the trustee, sell a home and eradicate the debtor’s homestead exemption.

January 25, 2023

The Fourth Circuit sides with the Third on the Affordable Care Act’s ‘individual mandate.’ Majority says it was a tax measured by income, thus giving the IRS a priority tax claim.

January 18, 2023

The high court will decide whether a real estate tax foreclosure can violate the Takings Clause and whether Section 106 abrogates sovereign immunity as to Native American tribes.

November 23, 2022

The Ninth Circuit dissenter interpreted the statute to mean that the debtor must pay a tax lien twice if the lien was avoided and preserved.

November 4, 2022

Only judicial liens that impair exemptions may be avoided under Section 522(f)(1).

October 26, 2022

If tax foreclosures violate the Takings Clause, it stands to reason that they are also fraudulent transfers.

October 19, 2022

Waiting four years to raise discharge as a defense does not invoke equitable estoppel or laches.

October 11, 2022

In spreading the automatic stay, the bankruptcy court again employed the traditional analysis without recognition that the non-debtors are solvent.

August 25, 2022

A local government removed a lawsuit to bankruptcy court, but the bankruptcy judge turned around and slam-dunked the government for violating the plaintiff’s Fourteenth Amendment rights.