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Dubious Eleventh Circuit Opinion Permits Collateral Attack on Final Confirmation Order
Although the chapter 13 confirmation order was concededly final and enforceable, the appeals court set aside a plan provision modifying a residential mortgage.
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Adverse Plan Amendment Requires a Disclosure Statement and More Voting, Circuit Says
The Eleventh Circuit stated the obvious: A class that gets something under a chapter 11 plan is entitled to a disclosure statement and to vote again if an amendment takes it away, even if the class was entitled to nothing in the first place.
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The Best Opinion Yet Ordering Refunds for Overpayment of U.S. Trustee Fees
All three courts to confront the question have now ordered the government to refund overpayments of U.S. Trustee fees.
Arguments Both Ways, Power to De-Designate from Subchapter V Left Undecided
Although deposed as debtor in possession, the Subchapter V debtor retains the sole power to file a chapter 11 plan.
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