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June 6, 2024

Bankruptcy Judge Eduardo Rodriguez of Houston opined on the limited powers of a Subchapter V trustee.

May 23, 2024

Seventh Circuit again holds that Section 505(a) doesn’t confer jurisdiction for bankruptcy courts to decide how much debtors owe in taxes.

May 22, 2024

A notice of appeal precludes the court from modifying an order on appeal but does not impair enforcement of the order absent a stay pending appeal.

May 17, 2024

The Bankruptcy Code dropped ‘person aggrieved’ as the standard for appellate standing. Did it survive nonetheless?

May 15, 2024

Whether orders in contested matters are ever appealable is in doubt after a Fourth Circuit decision that declined to follow contrary opinions by bankruptcy appellate panels.

May 8, 2024

On remand from the Supreme Court and the Second Circuit, the district court decides that the Mall of America landlord isn’t entitled to more than the bargain it made with Sears in 1991.

April 29, 2024

The BAP judges disagreed over whether the amount of sanctions had to be fixed before there could be an appeal from an order declaring that the injured party was entitled to an award of attorneys’ fees for the contemnor’s contempt.

April 19, 2024

The Supreme Court again retreated from the idea that there’s a strong federal policy in favor of arbitration.

April 18, 2024

Three Eleventh Circuit Judges would have their appeals court sit en banc to stop dismissing for lack of standing when dismissal should be resulting from failure to state a claim under state law.

April 9, 2024

The Fifth Circuit dissenter says that the majority set aside findings of fact without showing them to be clearly erroneous.