College Tuition Made a Debtor Ineligible for Chapter 7
Chapter 7 can be inaccessible for a married debtor living in the same household with a nonfiling spouse who has substantial income.
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First Circuit Describes How to Value an Interest in Entireties Property
The value of a debtor’s interest in entireties property isn’t necessarily 50% of the value of the entire property.
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First Circuit Says: PROMESA Fiscal Plans Can’t Be Challenged in Federal Court
Federal courts have no jurisdiction to review decisions by Puerto Rico’s Oversight Board regarding the reduction of pension benefits.
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First Circuit Writes a Treatise on the Elements of Judicial Estoppel
Disputed facts can defeat invocation of judicial estoppel on summary judgment.
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First Circuit BAP Limits the Student Loan ‘Borrower Defense’
The First Circuit BAP suggests that invocation of the borrower defense with regard to dischargeability of student loans requires exhaustion of administrative remedies in the Department of Education.
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First and Ninth Circuits Split on Discharge of Takings Clause Claims
Splitting with the Ninth Circuit, the First Circuit holds that claims under the Takings Clause cannot be discharged in a municipal bankruptcy.
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First Circuit Majority Says Sovereign Immunity Abrogated as to the Puerto Rico Oversight Board
Dissenter implies that the First Circuit should sit en banc and rule that the Oversight Board’s sovereign immunity was not waived
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Contingent Indemnification Brings an Automatic Stay in Chapter 9, First Circuit Says
First Circuit won’t allow artful pleading to avoid the automatic stay in municipal bankruptcies.
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Circuits More Deeply Split on Waiver of Sovereign Immunity for Native American Tribes
Over a vigorous dissent, the First Circuit Joins the Ninth Circuit by holding that Section 106(a) waives tribes’ sovereign immunity.
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First Circuit Upholds Confirmation of Puerto Rico’s Debt Adjustment Plan
Federal preemption allowed rejection of the defined benefit pension plan for Puerto Rico’s teachers.
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