March 14, 2023
District judge in Connecticut upheld an award of ‘default’ interest, even though the fully secured lender had opposed the chapter 11 process and resisted the use of its cash collateral.
2nd Circuit, Connecticut
March 08, 2023
When there was a knowing violation of injunctions in the plan and confirmation order, the Seventh Circuit said that the appeal bordered on frivolous.
7th Circuit
March 06, 2023
The ‘possibility of harm’ won’t confer bankruptcy appellate standing, the Fifth Circuit says.
5th Circuit
March 02, 2023
Bankruptcy Judge Jernigan interprets the Fifth Circuit’s Highland Capital opinion to mean that gatekeeping protections are not limited to parties entitled to exculpation in the Fifth Circuit.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Northern District
March 01, 2023
Disputed facts can defeat invocation of judicial estoppel on summary judgment.
1st Circuit
February 27, 2023
The Fourth Circuit wrote a scholarly (and dense) opinion differentiating among bankruptcy standing, bankruptcy appellate standing and constitutional standing.
4th Circuit
February 23, 2023
The opinion by Justice Barrett largely bases the outcome on the use of the passive voice in Section 523(a)(2)(A).
Supreme Court
February 22, 2023
Federal Rule 41(a)(1)(A) only permits voluntary dismissal of an entire action, not individual claims, the Eleventh Circuit says.
11th Circuit
