One day apart, bankruptcy judges in the Ninth Circuit disagreed on emotional distress damages for violations of the discharge injunction.

A vulgarity directed at the debtor wasn’t a stay violation absent an act designed to collect a debt.

An appraisal was rejected entirely as being ‘inherently unreliable’ when it gave the client the value that the client wanted.

California bankruptcy judge doubts the Ninth Circuit will adopt the BAP’s dicta by holding that technical stay violations are only voidable, not void.

Undisclosed representation of the debtor’s principal resulted in denial of all compensation sought by counsel for the corporate debtor.

Retroactive and nunc pro tunc orders aren’t the same thing, Judge Jaime says. Orders may be retroactive when the power is implied by statute.

California judge differs with the Third Circuit regarding the presumption of collateral value flowing from a lender’s proof of secured claim.

Non-consumer debts must be related to an existing business or current job.