A district court in Houston denied a motion to dismiss a confirmation appeal as equitably moot, although reversal might alter ownership of the reorganized debtor.

When a DIP sues a former officer, the bankruptcy ‘exception’ in a D&O policy provides coverage when the ‘insured vs. insured’ exclusion would otherwise deny coverage.

A court can evaluate the credibility of an affidavit when deciding whether there’s a material issue of disputed fact to defeat summary judgment.

Bankruptcy Judge Larson administratively closed a Sub V case after substantial consummation.

For abandoned property, there is more likely to be bankruptcy jurisdiction under Section 1334(b) than Section 1334(e)(1), Fifth Circuit Judge King says.

In the first opinion on the issue after Purdue, Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez holds that Purdue did not change Fifth Circuit law where ‘hundreds’ of ‘opt-out’ plans have been confirmed with nondebtor releases.

Criminal activities of an agent don’t take the agent’s actions outside of the scope of authority.

Fifth Circuit says that the court must have obtained personal jurisdiction over a third party in a receivership to enforce an injunction. Is the same true for the automatic stay and the discharge injunction in bankruptcy? Is there no injunction before there’s personal jurisdiction?

To revisit denial of a lift-stay motion, the prior order denying modification of the stay isn’t required to say ‘without prejudice.’

Seeking attorneys’ fees from the debtor for a postpetition civil rights violation does not by itself make a postpetition lawsuit subject to the automatic stay.