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Rooker-Feldman Held Not to Prevent Relitigation of a Denied Exemption
The Supreme Court’s narrowing of Rooker-Feldman is showing up in circuit court opinions.
Court:
Modifying the Stay Doesn’t Relinquish Jurisdiction Entirely over the Dispute
In bankruptcy proceedings, formal notice isn’t required if there is actual notice, the Tenth Circuit says.
Court:
Lack of Financial Distress Doesn’t Divest a Court of Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Two North Carolina Courts have held within two months that the Bankruptcy Clause doesn’t demand ‘financial distress’ to establish subject matter jurisdiction.
Benchnotes March 2024
Journal Issue:
Cursing the Debtor by Itself Isn’t a Violation of the Automatic Stay
A vulgarity directed at the debtor wasn’t a stay violation absent an act designed to collect a debt.
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Debt Purchaser Socked $65,000 for a Discharge Violation
Taggart doesn’t give more protection to a purchaser of debt than it does to the original creditor, Judge Scott Grossman says.