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U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Digest: Nov. 23
These opinions were released Nov. 23. They will appear in the Nov. 28 print edition of Minnesota Lawyer.
U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Digest: Nov. 16
These opinions were released Nov. 16. They will appear in the Nov. 21 print edition of Minnesota Lawyer.
U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Digest: Oct. 5
These opinions were released Oct. 5. They will appear in the Oct. 10 print edition of Minnesota Lawyer.
U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Digest: Sept. 28
These opinions were released Sept. 28. They will appear in the Oct. 3 print edition of Minnesota Lawyer.
U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Digest: June 15
These opinions were released June 15. They will appear in the June 20 print edition of Minnesota Lawyer.
U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Digest: Jan. 20
These opinions were released Jan. 20. They will appear in the Jan. 25 print edition of Minnesota Lawyer.
U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Digest: Jan. 6
BANKRUPTCY Denial Of Discharge Failure To List Assets Prepetition Transfers Where a debtor omitted bank accounts including business-related accounts from her bankruptcy schedules despite the fact that she knew her name was on the accounts, and she also failed to disclose the transfer of a vehicle and a cash payment on her mortgage within 90 days pre-petition, the failures amounted to a[...]
U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
Student Loans Dischargeability Where a debtor challenged a bankruptcy court decision finding some but not all of her student loan obligations to be dischargeable, the judgment is affirmed because the court properly reviewed a complete year of the debtor’s income and expense records to conclude that she had the ability to repay some of her student loans, and the court did not abuse its disc[...]
DISMISSAL Credit Counseling Certificate;Sufficiency
15-6021 Curtis v. Segraves, appealed from U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Saladino, J.
Reaffirmation Agreement – Enforceability; Violation Of Discharge
Venture Bank v. Lapides (MLW No. 68250/Case No. 14-3085 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)
Medical DebtStatute – Of Limitations; FDCPA
15-6008 Gatewood v. CP Medical, LLC , appealed from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Arkansas, Saladino, J.
Dischargeability – Standing; Timeliness
15-6002 Goldstein v. Diamond Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, appealed from U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Kressel, J.
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