August 09, 2024
The tide is turning against corporate Sub V debtors. Two bankruptcy judges now side with two circuits in holding that debts of corporate debtors can be nondischargeable.
7th Circuit, Illinois, Illinois Northern District
July 22, 2024
The Ninth Circuit BAP rebelled against the Supreme Court’s departure from the statute in Kelly v. Robinson on dischargeability under Section 523(a)(7).
9th Circuit
July 03, 2024
The federal appeals court brushed aside technicalities under state criminal law in deciding that an order for restitution was not discharged under Section 1328(a)(3).
4th Circuit
July 02, 2024
Eighth Circuit holds that a chapter 13 debtor, not the trustee, has standing to bring personal injury claims.
8th Circuit
June 20, 2024
Bankruptcy Judge Hercher agreed with the results in the Fourth and Fifth Circuits but disagreed with some of the appeals courts’ logic.
9th Circuit, Oregon
June 03, 2024
One day apart, bankruptcy judges in the Ninth Circuit disagreed on emotional distress damages for violations of the discharge injunction.
9th Circuit
May 10, 2024
The Ninth Circuit BAP holds that nondischargeability of student loans in Section 523(a)(8) isn’t ‘self-executing.’
9th Circuit
April 23, 2024
Violating a PACA trust does not result in ‘defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity’ that makes a debt nondischargeable, Bankruptcy Judge Panos says, taking sides with the Eleventh Circuit.
1st Circuit, Massachusetts
