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Fifth Circuit finds no bankruptcy jurisdiction to approve a settlement after confirmation that contradicts the chapter 11 plan.

Fifth Circuit holds that 28 U.S.C. § 158 requires district judges or BAPs to decide bankruptcy appeals.

In a nonprecedential opinion, the Fifth Circuit suggests that a mortgage that could be reformed in state court cannot be reformed in bankruptcy.

Fifth Circuit says that Oklahoma protected that state’s oil and gas producers while Texas didn’t.

Fifth Circuit now says that student loans must ‘impose intolerable difficulties’ to be dischargeable.

A plan’s declaration that disputed property belongs to the debtor’s estate must be challenged before confirmation becomes final.

Fifth Circuit overturns a settlement that barred officers and directors from accessing insurance policies.

Per curiam opinion shows that chapter 13 plans aren’t required to be punitive.

Do ‘deemed allowed’ claims have res judicata effect in ‘asset’ cases?

Judge Edith Jones elevates ‘chutzpah’ to a legal concept in the Fifth Circuit.