Displaying with Topic Consumer Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy Judge Colleen A. Brown of Burlington, Vt., changes her position on Section 362(c)(3)(A).

The Supreme Court’s BFP opinion on mortgage foreclosures held not applicable to tax foreclosures in New York.

Opinion doesn’t cite contrary Ninth Circuit and BAP authority permitting ‘chapter 20.’

Eleventh Circuit holds that dismissing bankruptcy comes too late if claims weren’t disclosed.

Bankruptcy court may overrule a state court that rules incorrectly on the discharge of a debt.

Merely pleading a false statement under oath won’t beat a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, Fifth Circuit says.

A nondischargeability judgment under Section 523 doesn’t require prejudgment interest at the lower federal rate.

Circuit court bases its decision on the omission of Section 523(a)(16) from Section 1328(a).

Compensation for brain injury is a disability payment, not payment on a tort claim.

Holding two advanced degrees didn’t bar the discharge of student loans.