Prior service as a future claimants’ representative was reason for a new appointment, not a disqualification, Judge Bonapfel says.

Judge Hunt in Chicago tells debtors’ counsel to oppose inclusion of unjustifiable provisions in chapter 13 plans, even if it means contested confirmation hearings.

Bankruptcy Judge Wiles explains the jurisdictional, statutory and constitutional reasons why nonconsensual releases are improper in the Second Circuit except in exceptional circumstances.

The logic of Harris v. Viegelahn doesn’t mean that chapter 13 debtors receive distributions refunded by creditors.

Judge Bernstein distinguishes a Second Circuit opinion to rule that a makewhole premium is allowable in bankruptcy.

Sewer customers challenged the dismissal of their appeal from confirmation of the Jefferson County chapter 9 municipal debt restructuring.

Per curiam opinion shows that chapter 13 plans aren’t required to be punitive.

A non-objecting creditor is bound by a third-party release even if the release may have been improper.

An appeal from an integrated sale and settlement can be dismissed under Section 363(m), the Fifth Circuit says.

Lack of a circuit split makes equitable mootness an unlikely topic for Supreme Court review.