unsecured-creditors

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-905 Martha G. Bronitsky, Chapter 13 Trustee v. Jorden Marie Saldana Ninth Circuit 2025-02-24 Denied Amici (1) bankruptcy-code chapter-13 circuit-split debtor-contributions retirement-accounts unsecured-creditors Whether, under the Bankruptcy Code, debtors can voluntarily contribute to their own retirement accounts rather than pay back unsecured creditors—and i…
23-655 Lawrence J. Warfield v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-18 Denied bankruptcy-estate debtor-interests homestead-exemption penalty-lien tax-delinquencies trustee-avoidance trustee-rights unsecured-creditors When a bankruptcy court allows a state homestead exemption, is the debtor's exempt interest in the residence instantaneously removed from the bankrupt…