Rochelle's Daily Wire

Now on the district court bench, then-Bankruptcy Judge Frank Volk was upheld in a tricky case involving the government’s right of setoff.

At oral argument, the justices seemed to recognize that Rodriguez v. FDIC does not raise the question of whether the lower courts relied on federal common law in deciding the ownership of a tax refund.

To avoid liability for an underfunded pension plan, the First Circuit describes a structure for investors to employ when buying a sick company

The ‘fugitive disentitlement doctrine’ does not allow a federal court to dismiss an appeal because of a fugitive’s contempt of a state court order, the First Circuit rules.

A bankruptcy judge can afford little relief from student loans, even for sympathetic debtors who try hard to repay their debts.

Appeals courts won’t allow bankruptcy to shield debtors from paying parking tickets and fines incurred in the course of a chapter 13 case.

States have no sovereign immunity defense to lien stripping, even if the state has not filed a proof of claim.

Federal Circuit upholds dismissal of regulatory ‘takings’ claims against New GM.