For a repeat offender, less than $1,000 in improper charges resulted in large sanctions.
Personal financial stake required before creditor can file discharge complaint.
Nashville judge holds that late-filed tax debt can sometimes be discharged.
Ninth Circuit joins two other circuits in extending BFP from foreclosures to tax sales.
Contempt and FDCPA claims can coexist in one suit in district court.
Novel theory fails to persuade Boston judge to discharge taxes from late-filed returns.
Exemption value to be decided at a ‘one-shot’ public auction.
Subprime loan and mortgage abuses generate interesting question worthy of a law school final exam.
Section 303(i)(2) claim, similar to malicious prosecution, invokes Seventh Amendment jury trial rights.