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Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A. v. US

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In an action by a law firm seeking declaratory relief, arguing that plaintiff was not bound by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection...

Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A. v. US

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In an action by a law firm seeking declaratory relief, arguing that plaintiff was not bound by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection...

Miller v. LaSalle Bank Nat'l Ass'n

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In bankruptcy trustee's adversary proceeding to avoid a creditor's mortgage lien, arising from a purchase of debtors' property with a recorded...

In re: Barner

Bankruptcy Law, Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In debtor's appeal from the bankruptcy court's ruling finding that an automatic stay did not apply to a foreclosure sale of her home, the order is...

US v. Edwards

Bankruptcy Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence and restitution order for bankruptcy fraud are affirmed where: 1) collateral estoppel did not preclude the restitution order...

American Prairie Constr. Co. v. Hoich

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an action to enforce a settlement agreement reached in bankruptcy proceedings, the district court's order denying defendant's motion to dismiss and...

In re: TransTexas Gas Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law
In two related cases involving a bankrupt corporate debtor, rulings rejecting (i) a claim by corporate debtor's former CEO that the severance payments...

Robinson v. Tyson Foods, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action brought by plaintiff during the pendency of her Chapter 13 proceedings, summary judgment for defendant on the...

In re: Baldwin

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In bankruptcy adversary proceedings by the trustee seeking to dissolve a family limited partnership in which debtor owned a 99% limited partnership...

B-Line, LLC v. Wingerter

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Sanctions
In Chapter 13 proceedings, the decision of the bankruptcy court in holding that plaintiff's purchase of a creditor's claim against the debtors was not...