May 12, 2023
Even if an appeal is equitably moot, the appellate court nonetheless has appellate jurisdiction. Equitable mootness is prudential, not jurisdictional.
5th Circuit
April 21, 2023
Supposedly nefarious facts aren’t evidence of bad faith if they were disclosed to the bankruptcy judge who nevertheless made a finding of good faith.
5th Circuit
April 13, 2023
Contributions to 401(k) plans are deducted from ‘projected disposable income,’ even though the debtor was not making contributions before filing
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Southern District
April 07, 2023
In the Alex Jones corporate Subchapter V case, Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez said that the later chapter 11 filing by Jones himself, with about $1.5 billion in debt, didn’t kick the corporate debtor out of Subchapter V and into ‘ordinary’ chapter 11.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Southern District
March 29, 2023
The district court characterized the agreement not as creating a trust but as a device designed to win priority over a prior, perfected security interest.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Northern District
March 15, 2023
Bankruptcy Judges Gargotta and Davis both held that the amended Texas exemption statute exempts life insurance policies and their cash surrender values.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Western District
March 06, 2023
The ‘possibility of harm’ won’t confer bankruptcy appellate standing, the Fifth Circuit says.
5th Circuit
