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Chosen law governed statute of limitations for allowance of claims in bankruptcy.
No automatic stay to protect litigation misconduct in the Seventh and Ninth Circuits.
Controlling legal issues no longer make an order appealable as of right in the Ninth Circuit.
Third-party injunctions in chapter 9 must be a financial necessity, judge says.
Ninth Circuit majority goes for a difficult issue when an easier answer was available.
Two judges urge Ninth Circuit to overrule precedent and line up with other circuits.
Ninth Circuit again shows deference to the BAP in making the circuit’s bankruptcy law.
Ninth Circuit’s Tracht Gut opinion limited to its facts by the BAP.
Sympathy for the creditor arguably drove appeals court not to invoke subordination.
Ninth Circuit refuses to apply Section 506(b)(6) to all damages related to lease claims.