Judge in Dallas lays out the procedure for transferring venue from a district court to a bankruptcy court in another district.
Expert testimony might have given the creditor a market rate of interest, not a rate lower than inflation.
Where the courts are split for lack of specific statutory authority, Judge Robert Jones finds discretion to allow conversion from chapter 12 to chapter 11.
Constitutionally sufficient notice of a bar date may not preclude the use of a class proof of claim under Bankruptcy Rule 7023, Judge Hale says.
Required records and authenticated documents already known to exist are not protected from production by the privilege against self-incrimination.
Fifth Circuit’s liberal rule on allowing an informal proof of claim is interpreted liberally.
Confirmation order cannot turn someone else’s property into estate property.
Student loan lender’s argument was ‘preposterous,’ judge says.
Removing and discharging a trustee are not synonymous, Houston judge rules.
Potential harm to the debtor is not a factor in deciding to avoid an unperfected lien.