chapter-7-bankruptcy

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-6173 Steven D'Agostino v. Bunce Atkinson Third Circuit 2022-11-29 Denied IFP bankruptcy-trustee barton-doctrine chapter-7 chapter-7-bankruptcy conflict-of-interest prima-facie standing statutory-obligations trustee-handbook What is the significance and/or importance of the United States Trustee Office's Handbook for Chapter 7 Trustees?
20-1829 Deafueh Monbo v. Eric Blair Fourth Circuit 2021-07-01 Denied bad-faith-filing bankruptcy bankruptcy-code chapter-7-bankruptcy copyright copyright-infringement discharge in-re-green-v-staples trademark trademark-infringement willful-and-malicious Whether the Bankruptcy Court erred in failing to recognize that Section 523(a)(6) prohibits the Debtor from discharging willful-and-malicious copyrigh…
20-6430 John L. Howell v. Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied IFP bankruptcy-fraud breach-of-fiduciary-duty chapter-7-bankruptcy embezzlement estate-administration falsification-of-evidence fiduciary-duty fraud-upon-the-court secured-creditor trustee-duties trustee-misconduct May the lower court endorse a trustee's scheme to defraud secured estate creditors
19-1354 Tan Phan v. Minh Van Truong, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-liquidation chapter-7-bankruptcy creditor-claims homestead homestead-exemption lien property-liens secured-debt state-constitution state-constitution-vs-statute state-constitutional-law state-statute unsecured-creditor unsecured-debt Does Chapter 7 bankruptcy require the nonexempt debt to be secured as a lien in order to liquidate debtors' homestead? And if state statute conflicts …
18-920 Margaret Adeline Veltre v. Fifth Third Bank Third Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response Waived antecedent-debt bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-section-547 bankruptcy-court chapter-7-bankruptcy circuit-split creditor-rights insolvency liquidation-value preferential-transfer property-transfer property-valuation sheriff-sale valuation Whether the Bankruptcy Code mandates a Bankruptcy Court determine the value of property transferred to a creditor within ninety days prior to a Bankru…
18-10 Stephen J. Anderson, et ux. v. Gary L. Rainsdon, Chapter 7 Trustee Ninth Circuit 2018-07-02 Denied appeal-time-limits appeals bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-trustee chapter-7-bankruptcy civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure official-capacity standing statutory-interpretation time-to-appeal united-states-officer Whether a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee is a 'United States officer or employee sued in an official capacity' for the purposes of Fed. R. App. 4(a)(1)(…