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Benchnotes March 2022

March 2022

Bankruptcy Code
1182
523(a)(4)
108
11 U.S.C. § 105
11 U.S.C. § 548
1123
1129
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Fraudulent Transfers
Plan Confirmation
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Rochelle’s Rocky Mountain Case Law Update

Bankruptcy Code
1182
1188
1189
1191
1194
101
102
105
106
109
1334
586
303
324
348
349
350
365
502
503
506
507
509
521
522
523
524
526
542
546
547
552
553
554
561
706
707
741
1104
1112
1123
1129
1141
1226
1307
1325
1326
1327
1328
1329
1502
1515
1517
1520
1521
1522
1322
362
541
544
548
550
Topics
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Automatic Stay
Claims
Executory Contracts/Leases
Fraudulent Transfers
Plan Confirmation
Preferences
Professional Compensation/Fees
Venue/Jurisdiction
Consumer Bankruptcy
Discharge/Dischargeability
Business Reorganization
International Insolvency
Municipal Bankruptcy
Puerto Rico
Small Business

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PACA Debt Isn’t Nondischargeable, Chicago Judge Says, Siding with the Minority

Lower courts are split on whether violating a PACA trust results in a nondischargeable debt. The question is on direct appeal to the Eleventh Circuit.

7th Circuit
Illinois
Illinois Northern District

Ninth Circuit Takes a Hard Line on What’s an Equivalent Tax Return for Dischargeability

Interpreting the hanging paragraph in Section 523(a), the Ninth Circuit sticks to the Beard test in deciding whether something is close enough to a tax return to justify discharging a tax debt.

9th Circuit

Defending a 523/727 Action

Bankruptcy Code
523
727
Topics
Consumer Bankruptcy
Discharge/Dischargeability

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Student Loans

Bankruptcy Code
523(a)(8)
Topics
Consumer Bankruptcy
Consumer Debt
Discharge/Dischargeability

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Hot Topics with Bill Rochelle

Bankruptcy Code
1182
1188
1189
1191
1334(b)
524(g)
Sect. 1123(a)(4)
Section 106(a)
101
102
105
109
1334
586
303
348
349
350
363
365
502
503
506
507
509
522
523
526
542
546
547
552
553
554
726
1104
1109
1129
1141
1226
1307
1325
1326
1327
1328
1329
1502
1506
1515
1517
362
541
548
549
550
Topics
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Automatic Stay
Claims
Executory Contracts/Leases
Fraudulent Transfers
Plan Confirmation
Preferences
Professional Compensation/Fees
Venue/Jurisdiction
Consumer Bankruptcy
Consumer Debt
Discharge/Dischargeability
Family/Divorce Issues
Mortgage
Predatory Lending
International Insolvency
Labor/Employment
Puerto Rico
Small Business

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Circuit and District Court Splits on Important Bankruptcy Issues with Bill Rochelle & Friends

Bankruptcy Code
1182
1188
1189
1191
Sect. 1123(a)(4)
101
105
106
109
303
348
349
350
365
502
503
506
507
509
522
523
524
542
546
547
552
553
554
726
1104
1112
1129
1141
1307
1325
1326
1327
1328
1329
1506
1517
1520
1322
362
541
544
548
550
Topics
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Automatic Stay
Claims
Executory Contracts/Leases
Fraudulent Transfers
Plan Confirmation
Preferences
Professional Compensation/Fees
Venue/Jurisdiction
Consumer Bankruptcy
Consumer Debt
Discharge/Dischargeability
Business Reorganization
International Insolvency
Puerto Rico
Small Business

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Ninth Circuit Affirms the BAP on the Outer Limits of the Discharge Injunction

Deducting a discharged loan to a child from her inheritance didn’t violate the discharge injunction.

9th Circuit
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