Fifth Circuit opinion shows that disallowance of a class proof of claim may preclude individual class members from filing late claims.

Reducing a claim between the first and second bankruptcy didn’t prevent the Fifth Circuit from employing res judicata.

Dissenters in the Fourth and Fifth Circuits evidently believe that the dual U.S. Trustee/Bankruptcy Administrator system is unconstitutional.

Below median debtors are no longer required to turn over tax refunds in excess of $2,000.

Policy informs the result when the statutory language is ambiguous.

Fifth Circuit rejects the ‘recodification canon’ to divest bankruptcy courts of jurisdiction over Social Security suits.