Practice and Procedure

Supreme Court Inadvertently Makes Life Difficult for Secured Creditors

Bullard gives bankruptcy judge more ammunition to stymie secured creditors.

Disavowing a Complaint Avoids Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction

Unartful complaint didn’t prove fatal on a change-of-venue motion.

Courts Split on Chapter 13 Debtors’ Rights under Section 108(b)

Chattanooga judge takes pity on a debtor about to lose her home in a tax sale.

Bankruptcy Rules Deadlines Apply to Trials in District Court, Circuit Holds

Federal Rules are ousted for bankruptcy matters in district court, Eleventh Circuit says.
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Power to Issue Money Judgment for Nondischargeable Debt Survives after Stern

Posner chides bankruptcy judge for reluctance to enter money judgment.
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Power of Substantive Consolidation Survives Law v. Siegel

Supreme Court authority is read narrowly to preserve traditional equity powers.
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