Supreme Court

Both Sides Support Cert in Appeal of Order Denying Chapter 13 Plan

09/08/14
The Supreme Court may add another bankruptcy case to its agenda this term in a case where both the Petitioner and the Respondent support the grant of cert.    No. 13-1416, Gordon v.
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Supreme Court Prepares for Stern v. Marshall Round 3

07/03/14
When the Supreme Court struck down the Bankruptcy Reform Act's grant of authority to bankruptcy judges in 1982, it took it took them 29 years to return to the issue.    This allowed bankruptcy law to develop and mature without constantly fretting about whether the whole system would collapse.   However, since Stern v. Marshall, 131 S.Ct.
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Supreme Court Denies Exemption for Inherited IRAs But Texas Debtors May Still Be Able to Keep Them

06/14/14
Most Americans don’t save enough money for retirement.   However, the Supreme Court recently dealt with the opposite situation—what happens when someone saves more than they need and their heirs receive the money (and then file bankruptcy).
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Supreme Court Decides Not to Destroy the Current Bankruptcy Court System

06/10/14

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday, in Executive Benefits Insurance Agency v. Arkinson, limited somewhat the ramifications of its landmark opinion two years ago in Stern v.

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Supreme Court Lays Down the Law in Law v. Siegel

03/05/14
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court struck down the Ninth Circuit’s imposition of an equitable surcharge against a debtor’s exempt property in Law v. Siegel, No.
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Supreme Court Lays Down the Law in Law v. Siegel

03/05/14
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court struck down the Ninth Circuit’s imposition of an equitable surcharge against a debtor’s exempt property in Law v. Siegel, No.
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Leading Fifth Circuit Cases on Dischargeability

02/26/14
This is an article that I did for this year's Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Course.   I have attempted to summarize all of the published decisions on dischargeability from the Supreme Court, Fifth Circuit, Texas District Courts and Texas Bankruptcy Courts (since 2009 for the Bankruptcy Courts).   
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Leading Fifth Circuit Cases on Dischargeability

02/26/14
This is an article that I did for this year's Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Course.   I have attempted to summarize all of the published decisions on dischargeability from the Supreme Court, Fifth Circuit, Texas District Courts and Texas Bankruptcy Courts (since 2009 for the Bankruptcy Courts).   
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