Rochelle's Daily Wire

Indianapolis Bankruptcy Judge Jeffrey Graham says that the bankruptcy court cannot become “another court of general jurisdiction.”

A judge sitting in a proper venue may transfer venue to a district that was improper originally.

Ninth Circuit says that the ‘person aggrieved’ standard for appellate standing was superseded by Article III standing on adoption of the Bankruptcy Code in 1978.

Even if an appeal is equitably moot, the appellate court nonetheless has appellate jurisdiction. Equitable mootness is prudential, not jurisdictional.

An appeal from an interlocutory order can’t be made final by the district court’s entry of judgment on the first appeal.

Bankruptcy Judges Marvin Isgur and Gregory Taddonio disagree on whether the bankruptcy court has subject matter jurisdiction to grant ‘innocent spouse’ relief to a debtor.

Judge Goldblatt of Delaware wrote an opinion where the answer was self-evident but there was no authority on point.

The Supreme Court’s MOAC decision contains language casting doubt on the validity of the doctrine of equitable mootness.

A terse Second Circuit order seems to mean that a stay of a confirmation order pending appeal granted in district court can’t be appealed to the circuit, at least when the appeal is being expedited.

Sixth Circuit judges wrote 17 pages of dicta to muse on whether the ‘person aggrieved’ test for appellate standing died with the adoption of the Bankruptcy Code but remains good law under the ‘zone-of-interests’ test.