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BANK OF LOUISIANA v. CRAIG'S STORES OF TEXAS, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Bankruptcy courts may not exercise jurisdiction over contract disputes that arise after a Chapter 11 confirmation, even though the contract was...

BRIGHTFUL v. PENNSYLVANIA HIGHER EDUC. ASSISTANCE AGENCY

Bankruptcy Law
Student loans do not constitute an "undue hardship," rendering them dischargeable pursuant to 11 USC 523(a)(8), where the debtor has not proven that...

MOSS v. BURTON & NORRIS

Bankruptcy Law
A creditor need not anticipate that a bankruptcy trustee will issue a notice of assets and require the creditor to file a proof of claim despite a...

BLOCK v. CITIZENS BANK OF TULSA

Bankruptcy Law
A creditor need not register a judgment in the forum state of the bankruptcy court in order to have a valid claim against the bankruptcy estate.

WILLIAMS v. MARLAR

Bankruptcy Law
A prior state court judgment against one creditor will not bar a bankruptcy trustee's action against the debtor on behalf of all the creditors, even...

KENNEDY v. MEDICAP PHARMACIES, INC.

Bankruptcy Law
Under 11 USC 101(5), a right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance is a "claim" only if the same breach also gives rise to a right to a...

ZIBMAN v. TOW

Bankruptcy Law
Because the Texas homestead exemption explicitly limits the exemption to six months, a failure to reinvest the proceeds of a sale into another Texas...

PUMMILL v. GREENSFELDER, HEMKER & GALE

Bankruptcy Law
A law firm's work to increase the value of assets for unsecured creditors conveys a reasonably equivalent value to the debtor even if the work was...

ROBINER v. DANNY'S MARKETS, INC.

Bankruptcy Law
Trustee fees in a Chapter 11 case must be based on the amount of all payments until the case is converted, dismissed, or closed and the technical...

JAFARPOUR v. SHAHROKHI

Bankruptcy Law
Under 11 USC 523(a)(4), a taxicab driver's injury while refuelling the taxi is not a reasonably foreseeable injury from taxicab lessor's failure to...