September 02, 2025
The dissenter on rehearing believes there are narrow grounds for reopening a closed bankruptcy case.
3rd Circuit
August 29, 2025
The majority on a Third Circuit panel decided that a confirmation order many years earlier prevented one nondebtor from suing another nondebtor on an issue that wouldn’t affect the debtor’s estate but did entail interpreting the confirmation order.
3rd Circuit
August 28, 2025
Reversing its prior decision after rehearing, the Third Circuit allowed a bankruptcy judge to interpret a confirmation decision made 12 years before by a district judge.
3rd Circuit
August 12, 2025
What’s a settlement of a personal injury claim? Is it income earmarked for creditors in chapter 13?
11th Circuit
August 11, 2025
The concurring opinion in Bestwall could be read to suggest that Circuit Judge G. Steven Agee might have an open mind if a confirmed plan comes to the Fourth Circuit on appeal.
4th Circuit
August 08, 2025
The Bestwall dissenter understands the Bankruptcy Clause as having the 18th century definition of ‘bankruptcy,’ thus requiring insolvency or inability to pay debts.
4th Circuit
August 07, 2025
Fourth Circuit majority and dissenting opinions might be read to suggest that Bestwall could have tough sledding on an appeal from confirmation since the debtor is solvent.
4th Circuit
July 22, 2025
Judge Rebecca B. Connelly allowed a debtor couple to retain enough unexpected income to pay deferred maintenance on the debtors’ home.
West Virginia
June 24, 2025
Ninth Circuit BAP confirmed a plan with no future creditors’ trust when the debtor claimed there were no future claims and no one was in court representing future claimants.
9th Circuit
