Rochelle's Daily Wire

A district court opinion from Michigan raises the question of whether the Supreme Court’s decision in Marrama is still good law after Law v. Siegel.

Judge Goldblatt slaps creditors with $665,000 in damages for violating the automatic stay.

The Ninth Circuit BAP says that a later valuation can make a debtor eligible for chapter 13 when the original schedules meant ineligibility.

The ‘broad’ definition of ‘claim’ by the Supreme Court in Johnson led Judge Huennekens to hold that in rem rights against a debtor’s property give rise to a ‘claim.’

When there is a recorded option to purchase real estate, Prof. Westbrook would have analyzed the specific performance rights of the holder of the option under state law, not the question of whether the option was executory.

One month apart, two Houston bankruptcy judges held that a non-voting class is not deemed to have voted against a plan.

Rooker-Feldman is applied narrowly these days and isn’t a substitute for collateral estoppel.

The Second Circuit is remanding to district court for a ruling on the relief available to the landlord, given that the sale closed years ago.

Although the Supreme Court will soon rule on the permissibility of nonconsensual releases, Bankruptcy Judge Sigler approved a plan with nondebtor releases under existing Eleventh Circuit precedent.

The Madoff case makes more law: A claim against a bankrupt estate can’t be set off against liability for receipt of a fraudulent transfer because one arose before bankruptcy and the other arose after.