March 18, 2025
A class action in Chicago will decide whether bankruptcy judges have the tools to rectify a single creditor’s violation of the rights of similarly situated debtors.
7th Circuit, Illinois, Illinois Northern District
March 17, 2025
Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein said it was ‘nonsense’ to argue that ‘a Bankruptcy Court lacks authority to permit survivor statements to be made to the Court and to the Bishop.’
9th Circuit, California, California Eastern District
March 07, 2025
The Third Circuit upheld Bankruptcy Judge Goldblatt of Delaware where the answer was self-evident but there was no controlling authority.
3rd Circuit
February 19, 2025
The ‘probate exception’ to federal subject matter jurisdiction does not prevent bankruptcy courts from basing decisions on state trusts and estates law, except in limited circumstances.
6th Circuit
February 13, 2025
In transferring venue of a related case under Rule 1014(b), the bankruptcy court can move sua sponte and need not await a venue motion by a creditor or party in interest.
9th Circuit, California, California Eastern District
February 03, 2025
The Fifth Circuit undertook a legal analysis of a complex loan agreement to decide there was no ‘fair ground of doubt’ under Taggart that the lender was violating the discharge injunction.
5th Circuit
January 31, 2025
The existence of a competing bidder does not put the buyer on notice of an ‘adverse interest’ to avoid dismissal for mootness under Section 363(m), the Sixth Circuit BAP says.
6th Circuit
