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24-108 John Paul Salvador v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-31 Denied Amici (6) bankruptcy-code circuit-split discharge discharge-ability honest-and-reasonable-attempt income-tax-return late-filed-returns late-filing tax-debt tax-debts Whether a late but otherwise correctly filed Form 1040 is a 'return' for purposes of §523(a) of the Bankruptcy Code
23-994 Marcus Marchman v. Amerihome Mortgage Co. Georgia 2024-03-12 Denied bills-of-exchange bonds commerce-clause discharge foreclosure mortgage-debt securitized-debt standing title-48-cfr treasury-bonds u-c-c Can the identified 'Holder' of the Securitized mortgage debt avoid discharge of said debt when bonds are issued in accord with Title 48 C.F.R. Ch. 1, …
22-705 George Matthew Culbertson, et ux. v. Wells Fargo USA Holdings, Inc., et al. Louisiana 2023-01-30 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy chapter-7 civil-procedure discharge foreclosure servicemembers-civil-relief-act statute-of-limitations tolling Does 50 U.S.C.A. §3936 apply to toll a state statute of limitations on a state law foreclosure action?
22-631 Highland Capital Management, L.P. v. NexPoint Advisors, L.P., et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-01-09 Denied CVSGResponse RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court chapter-11 circuit-split debt-discharge discharge reorganization-plan statutory-interpretation third-party-liability third-party-releases Whether Section 524(e) of the Bankruptcy Code constrains the power of a court when confirming a plan of reorganization
22-502 Spring Valley Produce, Inc., et al. v. Nathan Aaron Forrest, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge circuit-split civil-procedure debtor-liability discharge fiduciary-capacity fiduciary-duty paca perishable-agricultural-commodities-act statutory-trust Whether a debtor in bankruptcy may discharge liability for unlawfully violating a nonsegregated statutory trust
22-5852 Brent Evan Webster v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2022-10-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP adversary-proceeding adversary-proceedings bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-procedure claim-discharge discharge homestead-protection judicial-error priority-claims res-judicata trustee trustee-administration Did the Portland US Bankruptcy Court err in dismissing the adversary filings of Webster, failing to sustain his prior discharge after previously perfo…
21-1430 James K. Collins v. Michell R. Zolnier, dba CKC Properties, Top Star Leases Fifth Circuit 2022-05-10 Denied actual-fraud bankruptcy bankruptcy-code creditor creditor-rights debt-discharge discharge fraud fraudulent-transfer section-523 Whether the 'actual fraud' bar to discharge under Section 523(a)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code applies when transfers made by the debtor were deliberat…
21-1154 Speech & Language Center, LLC, et al. v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey New Jersey 2022-02-22 Denied bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-discharge civil-settlement contract contract-enforcement contract-law debt-obligation discharge non-dischargeable-debt settlement-agreement Can parties to a civil settlement agree that the payments required under the agreement are not dischargeable in bankruptcy?
21-1033 Edward Mandel v. White Nile Software, Inc., et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-21 Denied appellate-procedure bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-law civil-procedure discharge due-process judicial-review non-dischargeable-claims settlement-agreement Whether the court of appeals erred in declining to allow evidence, witness and expert testimony at trial on the Settlement Agreement
21-908 Kate Marie Bartenwerfer v. Kieran Buckley Ninth Circuit 2021-12-21 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 11-usc-523 bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud circuit-split civil-liability discharge discharge-exception fraud imputation imputation-liability statutory-interpretation Whether an individual can be subject to liability for another's fraud barred from discharge in bankruptcy under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) by imputation…
21-599 Margaret L. Kinney v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. Tenth Circuit 2021-10-26 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) bankruptcy bankruptcy-court chapter-13 completion-discharge debtor-rights discharge modification motion-to-dismiss payment plan plan-modification Should a bankruptcy court deny a motion to dismiss and/or grant a completion discharge when there remains a shortfall that the debtor is willing and a…
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…
20-457 MarketGraphics Research Group, Inc. v. David Peter Berge Sixth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Amici (1) bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge circuit-split debtor-liability discharge intent-standard objective-certainty statutory-interpretation subjective-intent willful-and-malicious-injury willful-injury Whether the 'willful and malicious injury' exception applies only where a debtor has a subjective intent to injure or may also be satisfied by conduct…
19-8288 Mac Truong, et al. v. R. Kenneth Barnard, et al. Second Circuit 2020-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 341(a)-meeting asset-collection bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-procedure chapter-7 chapter-7-trustee creditor-meeting debtor-rights discharge discharge-denial trustee May a Chapter 7 Trustee proceed to collect a Chapter 7 Debtor's assets before the Debtor would have successfully attended at least one 11 USC 341(a) C…
19-1088 Gerson Irving Fox v. Elissa Miller, Chapter 7 Trustee Ninth Circuit 2020-03-05 Denied admissible-evidence bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-section-727(a)(3) civil-procedure competent-evidence debtor-discharge discharge evidentiary-standard judicial-discretion recordkeeping recordkeeping-requirements summary-judgment Whether a justification for recordkeeping 'under all of the circumstances,' where supported by competent, admissible evidence, may be weighed and over…
19-628 Michael Cetta, Inc., dba Sparks Restaurant v. National Labor Relations Board District of Columbia 2019-11-15 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights discharge due-process employee-discharge employer-statements employment labor-dispute labor-relations mutual-understanding national-labor-relations-act permanent-employment prudent-employee prudent-employee-standard replacement-workers standing unconditional-offer-to-return Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding striking employees had been discharged in violation of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
19-24 Jack Rose, et ux. v. David Reaves, Chapter 7 Trustee Ninth Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Response Waived or the broad definition of 'transfer' contained i -bankruptcy-code -circuit-split -discharge-objection -statutory-interpretation -transfer-definition #NAME? bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-section-727-a-2-a bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-transfer bankruptcy-trustee discharge in-re-adeeb section-101-54 section-101(54) section-727(a)(2)(a) transfer Whether courts considering an objection to discharge under Section 727(a)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code should apply the narrowly tailored definition o…
18-8994 Abie Wolf, aka Abraham C. Wolf v. Randolph Osherow, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal bankruptcy bankruptcy-appeal bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-rules bankruptcy-trustee court-jurisdiction creditors-meeting discharge discharge-appeal due-process legal-interpretation procedural-error transcript trustee trustee-objection Whether or not the Lower Court is talking about Petitioners Discharge and that's not what Petitioner appealed
18-1130 David W. Charron v. Glenn S. Morris, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-523 bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-procedure contempt contempt-sanctions debt-discharge discharge discharge-of-debts due-process intent non-dischargeable non-dischargeable-debt non-dischargeable-debts statutory-interpretation Whether contempt sanctions are per se non-dischargeable debts under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(6)
18-6074 Crystal Nicole Kuri v. Kansas Department of Labor, Employment Security Board of Review Kansas 2018-09-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights college discharge due-process employment suspension termination Whether the college's termination of the employee's employment violated the employee's due process rights
18-271 Zachary N. Trost, et ux. v. Sherry Trost Sixth Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge burden-of-proof discharge intent intent-standard kawaauhau-v-geiger non-dischargeable-debt restatement-of-torts wrongful-act wrongful-conduct What evidence is required to show that a wrongdoer intended the consequences of a wrongful act, rather than just the act itself, for a debt to be cons…