August 05, 2025
The appeal involved the sale of defensive appellate rights but wasn’t grounds for the decision by the Eighth Circuit.
8th Circuit
March 12, 2025
District court upholds an ‘opt-out’ chapter 11 plan with releases for nondebtors.
8th Circuit
January 28, 2025
A district court in Minnesota left the door open for sometimes compelling debtors to arbitrate claims arising in a bankruptcy case.
8th Circuit, Minnesota
September 20, 2024
Bound by circuit precedent, the Eighth Circuit held that a prior receivership does not cleanse the bankruptcy estate of the in pari delicto defense.
8th Circuit
September 17, 2024
The Eighth Circuit had held that a debtor has an ‘inchoate’ property interest in avoidance actions before bankruptcy, but Judge Collins ruled that a lender can’t have a lien.
8th Circuit, Iowa, Iowa Northern District
September 06, 2024
Eighth Circuit panel disagrees about whether federal preemption bars state law claims for dismissal of an involuntary petition.
8th Circuit
July 02, 2024
Eighth Circuit holds that a chapter 13 debtor, not the trustee, has standing to bring personal injury claims.
8th Circuit
