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IN RE: TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Labor & Employment Law
Bankruptcy Court's approval of the sale of airline's assets to another airline, which extinguished the liability of buyer for seller's labor claims,...

IN RE DYER

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
Significant punitive sanctions are not available under either the civil contempt authority of 11 U.S.C. section 105(a) or the bankruptcy court's...

LONG v. EDUC. CREDIT MGMT. CORP.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law
In assessing whether repayment of a student loan imposes an undue hardship, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel erred in applying a clearly erroneous...

SUHAR v. BURNS

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Recovery, a statutory mechanism through which property may be returned to an estate, was unnecessary where an assignee mortgage company's interest...

ITOFCA, INC. v. MEGATRANS LOGISTICS, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
A suit for infringement of a copyright on a computer software program is barred by the preclusive effect of a bankruptcy court order, which authorized...

GRAUSZ v. ENGLANDER

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Legal Malpractice
In a professional malpractice action filed by a Chapter 11 debtor against the law firm that represented him in his bankruptcy case, the district court...

IN RE: HAMLETT

Bankruptcy Law, Judgement Enforcement
The bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in vacating debtor's default judgment on the ground that he had not properly served defendant bank....

HOSEMAN v. WEINSCHNEIDER

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts
By executing a valid release of claims against a debtor, a bankruptcy trustee waived the right to bring an action alleging that a prior lawsuit was...

CASSEL v. KOLB

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law
A debtor's declaration of an interest in trust properties on loan applications constituted an acceptance of his contingent interest in those...

COVANTA ONONDAGA LTD. v. ONONDAGA COUNTY RESOURCE RECOVERY AGENCY

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Where case was initially removed from state court under 28 U.S.C. section 1452 as related to bankruptcy, then remanded back to state court based on...