December 14, 2021
Interpreting the hanging paragraph in Section 523(a), the Ninth Circuit sticks to the Beard test in deciding whether something is close enough to a tax return to justify discharging a tax debt.
9th Circuit
August 13, 2021
Judge Grossman didn’t abolish ‘chapter 20’ entirely. He required the debtor to treat the subordinate mortgage lender like all other unsecured creditors, even though the debtor’s personal liability to the lender had been discharged in the prior chapter 7 case.
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Eastern District
July 06, 2021
Judge Harner does the best she can to ease the burden imposed on a debtor by student loans.
4th Circuit, Maryland
April 30, 2021
A jury should decide whether a credit-reporting agency was negligent by not examining court records to determine whether a debt had been discharged.
11th Circuit
February 17, 2021
A lawyer queasy about a client’s decision to assume a lease can’t invoke the court’s scrutiny by making an application to reaffirm the debt under Section 524(c), Judge Hursh says.
9th Circuit, Montana
January 14, 2021
Justices rule that affirmative action is required before withholding property amounts to controlling estate property and results in an automatic stay violation.
Supreme Court
September 04, 2020
Tenth Circuit joins the Fifth Circuit by holding that student loans are not ‘educational benefits’ under Section 523(a)(8)(A)(ii).
10th Circuit
March 20, 2020
Even the dissenter in the Ninth Circuit would not let a debt buyer off the hook if the complaint were properly pleaded.
9th Circuit
