all - Opinion Summaries

Casey v. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Injury & Tort Law
A bank cannot be found liable for aiding and abetting a depositor's breach of fiduciary duty absent actual knowledge of the underlying wrong the...

Jenkins v. Hodes

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A Kansas debtor who enters into a valid contract with a builder prior to the filing of an involuntary bankruptcy petition against the debtor, secured...

Watson v. Boyajian

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law
Denial of plaintiff-debtors' proposed Chapter 13 plan is affirmed over plaintiffs' claim that the bankruptcy court erred in determining that parochial...

Colsen v. IRS

Bankruptcy Law, Tax Law
Plaintiff-debtor's 1040 Forms filed after the IRS had assessed tax liabilities qualified as returns for purposes of dischargeability under 11 U.S.C....

Raspanti v. Keaty

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
In a bankruptcy action, the district court erred in affirming the bankruptcy court's decision to deny preclusive effect to a Louisiana appellate...

Jett v. Sicroff

Bankruptcy Law, Injury & Tort Law
Defendant's debt is nondischargeable under the Bankruptcy Act as one for willful and malicious injury since it arose out of a published defamatory...

Brinley v. LPP Mortgage, LTD.

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a bankruptcy action to avoid the judgment lien of a creditor, the district court incorrectly determined the extent to which defendant-creditor's...

Woodcock v. U.S. Dept. of Educ.

Bankruptcy Law, Education Law
In a suit to discharge student loans, the bankruptcy court did not err in denying plaintiff-debtor's Rule 60(b)(5) and (6) motions to be relieved from...

IN RE: FERANDOS

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A mortgage does not qualify for the anti-modification protection afforded by 11 U.S.C. section 1322(b)(2) when it is secured by rents and an escrow...

FIEGEN LAW FIRM v. FOKKENA

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law
A debtor's counsel, who is paid a retainer to be applied against future services, may not be paid by the estate for postpetition services, absent...