May 13, 2019
Egregious behavior doesn’t always result in nondischargeability for willful and malicious injury.
4th Circuit
May 07, 2019
Finding ‘undue hardship’ held not to require discharging all student loan debt.
10th Circuit, Kansas
April 29, 2019
The Ninth Circuit BAP follows Kelley, even though the panel implies that the Supreme Court tortured the language in Section 523(a)(7).
9th Circuit
April 25, 2019
In Taggart v. Lorenzen, the justices sounded largely noncommittal, except for the Chief Justice, who seemed in the debtor’s camp favoring a stricter standard for contempt of the discharge injunction.
Supreme Court
April 24, 2019
Conversely, giving notice to a creditor’s state-court counsel may not be adequate, New Jersey judge says.
3rd Circuit, New Jersey
April 23, 2019
Supreme Court will not rule on whether upholding the integrity of the judicial system by itself confers appellate standing.
Supreme Court
April 17, 2019
Judge Hunt in Chicago tells debtors’ counsel to oppose inclusion of unjustifiable provisions in chapter 13 plans, even if it means contested confirmation hearings.
7th Circuit, Illinois, Illinois Northern District
April 15, 2019
Are there two tests for the existence of a claim, one test for claims against the debtor and another test for claims by the debtor?
6th Circuit
April 08, 2019
Courts are split on denying a chapter 13 discharge for missing payments made directly to the mortgagee.
9th Circuit, Arizona
