Meredith A. Jury

Contract Wages for Executives Are Not Presumptively Allowable Postpetition, BAP Says

An executive with a rejected contract must prove value to have an allowable administrative claim, 9th Circuit BAP says.

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9th Circuit

Commissions Earned After Bankruptcy Are Estate Property

State law doesn’t ultimately control what is or isn’t estate property.

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9th Circuit

Debtor Still Protected by Automatic Stay Even after Right of Redemption Terminates

Ninth Circuit’s Tracht Gut opinion limited to its facts by the BAP.

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9th Circuit

District Judge May Have Split with Ninth Circuit BAP on Estate Property

Subprime loan and mortgage abuses generate interesting question worthy of a law school final exam.

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9th Circuit

Idaho

Estate Planning Does Not Blow Away a Generous State Homestead Exemption

Appellate panel rides to the rescue and saves a couple about to lose their home.

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9th Circuit

Stripped-Off Mortgages Don’t Count Toward Chapter 13 Unsecured Debt Limits

Ninth Circuit BAP removes another potential barrier to using “chapter 20.”

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9th Circuit

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