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 21, 2022
When disbursement depends on subsequent court approval, the transfer still occurs beforehand when the deposit was made in custodia legis.
8th Circuit, Minnesota
July 27, 2022
An adverse inference sanction for spoliation of evidence is reviewed for abuse of discretion by the district court after withdrawal of the reference.
8th Circuit, Minnesota
June 02, 2022
Local rules require lawyers to prepare and fill all required chapter 7 papers regardless of whether the debtor pays the fee or agrees to pay the fee.
8th Circuit, Minnesota
November 16, 2021
Circuits are split 2/1 on whether a debtor must have committed a securities law violation before a judgment is made nondischargeable under Section 523(a)(19).
8th Circuit, Minnesota
July 19, 2021
Federal law allows tribes to determine whether a tribe member’s interest in distributions of gaming revenue will be estate property in bankruptcy, Judge Ridgway says.
8th Circuit, Minnesota
April 21, 2018
Courts are split on the status of inherited claims as estate property.
8th Circuit, Minnesota
January 05, 2018
Judge issues a tongue-lashing for a three-year reorganization that rewards lawyers but pays nothing so far to sexual abuse claimants.
8th Circuit, Minnesota
June 15, 2017
Criminal forfeiture and bankruptcy protect different interests, district judge says.
8th Circuit, Minnesota
December 13, 2016
Substantive consolidation and involuntary bankruptcy are equivalent, district judge holds.
8th Circuit, Minnesota