7th Circuit: Ortiz v. Aurora Health Care, Inc. (In re Ortiz)
View opinion PDF | Download opinion PDF Citation: Ortiz v. Aurora Health Care, Inc. (In re Ortiz), Case No. 10-3465 (7th Cir., Dec. 30, 2011) Ruling: Relying upon Stern v. Marshall, the Seventh...
View Article4th Circuit: Johnson v. Zimmer
View opinion PDF | Download opinion PDF Citation: Tanya Rene Johnson v. William H. Zimmer, et al., No. 11-2034 (4th Cir. July 11, 2012). Ruling: In this 2-1 ruling, the Fourth Circuit adopted the...
View Article6th Circuit: Richardson v. Schafer (In re Schafer)
View opinion PDF | Download opinion PDF Citation: Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals File Name: 12a0274p.06 Ruling: AFFIRMING the ruling of the Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan, the...
View Article10th Circuit: Satterfield v. Malloy
View opinion PDF | Download opinion PDF Citation: Satterfield v. Malloy III, No. 11–5144 (10th Cir. Nov. 28, 2012) Ruling: The Barton Doctrine precludes litigation in district court by a debtor...
View Article5th Circuit: Kim v. Dome Entertainment Ctr, Inc.
View opinion PDF | Download opinion PDF Citation: F.3d citation not yet available. Case No. 10-10882 (5th Cir. Apr. 9, 2014) Ruling: AFFIRMED district court’s ruling that federal law can trump Texas...
View Article8th Circuit: Manty v. Johnson (In re Johnson)
View opinion PDF | Download opinion PDF Citation: In Re Johnson, 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, No. 13-6050. (April 22, 2013) Ruling: The 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel reversed the...
View Article11th Circuit: Bank of America v. Caulkett
View opinion PDF | Download opinion PDF Citation: D.C. Docket No. 6:14-cv-00078-GAP; 6:13-bk-05337-KSJ Ruling: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's...
View Article2nd Circuit: U.S.A. v. Bond
View opinion PDF | Download opinion PDF Citation: Docket No. 12-4803-bk (2d Cir. August 13, 2014) Ruling: The bankruptcy court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to decide a tax refund claim because...
View Article8th Circuit: Christians v. Dmitruk (In re Dmitruk)
View opinion PDF | Download opinion PDF Citation: Christians v. Dmitruk (In re Dmitruk), 8th Cir. B.A.P. (14-6023), September 15, 2014 Ruling: The 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the...
View Article10th Circuit: Miller v. United States Trustee (In re Miller)
View opinion PDF | Download opinion PDF Citation: Miller v. U.S. Trustee (In re Miller), BAP No. WY-14-002 (October 8, 2014) Ruling: For purposes of Chapter 7 eligibility, the means test under 11 USC...
View Article5th Circuit: Thaw v. Moser
View opinion PDF | Download opinion PDF Citation: 14-40108 Ruling: Trustee can force sale of the entire homestead over objection of non-debtor spouse. The sale is not an unconstitutional taking...
View Article1st Circuit: Franklin CA Tax-Free Trust v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
View opinion PDF | Download opinion PDF Citation: First Circuit #15-1218, 1221, 1271 & 1272 Ruling: Affirms District Court's holding that §903 of the Bankruptcy Code pre-empts Puerto Rico's...
View Article6th Circuit: Brown v. Van Ru Credit Corp.
View opinion PDF | Download opinion PDF Citation: File Name15a1252p.06; Case No. 15-1323, U.S. Court of Appeal for the Sixth Circuit (Oct. 22, 2015) Ruling: A voicemail by a student loan credit...
View Article7th Circuit: Germeraad v. Powers, No. 14-CV-03128 (7th Cir. June 23, 2016)...
View opinion PDF | Download opinion PDF Citation: Germeraad v. Powers, No. 14-CV-03128 (7th Cir. June 23, 2016) (unpublished). Ruling: A bankruptcy court has discretion to modify a Chapter 13 plan...
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