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Category Archives: Financing
Cramdown Hurdles: How to Play the Classification Game (Or Not)
In re New Bride Missionary Baptist Church, 509 B.R. 85 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2014) – After the bankruptcy court denied confirmation of a debtor’s proposed chapter 11 plan of reorganization because there was no accepting impaired class, the debtor proposed … Continue reading
Posted in Financing, Real Estate
Tagged bankruptcy procedures, cramdown, plan of reorganization
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Automatic Stay: What Happens When a Case is Reopened?
U.S. Bank, N.A. v. Brumfiel (In re Brumfiel), 514 B.R. 637 (Bankr. D. Colo. 2014) – After a debtor reopened her chapter 7 bankruptcy case, a lender moved for relief from the automatic stay in order to continue with a foreclosure … Continue reading
Calculating Title Insurance Claims: Reduction in Value vs. Insured Claim
First Am. Bank v. First Am. Transp. Title Ins. Co., 759 F.3d 427 (5th Cir. 2014) – After a mortgagor filed bankruptcy, a lender brought claims under a ship mortgage insurance title policy. The lender appealed the district court’s determination … Continue reading
Mortgage Modifications: Senior Loans May Become Not So Senior
Sperry Assoc. Fed. Credit Union v. US Bank Nat’l Ass’n (In re White), 514 B.R. 365 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 2014) – A junior mortgagee sought to subordinate the senior mortgage loan based on an argument that modification of the senior loan … Continue reading
Posted in Financing, Real Estate
Tagged claim determination, financing, subordination
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Mortgage-Backed Securities: “It Is The Rare Ordinary Human Being Who Understands Them”
In re Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc., 513 B.R. 624 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2014) – A purchaser of residential mortgage-backed securities filed proofs of claim based on alleged misrepresentations by the debtors in offering materials distributed in connection with sale of the … Continue reading
Posted in Financing, Real Estate
Tagged bankruptcy procedures, financing, subordination
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Stay Relief: What Happens to “Unreasonable” Fees?
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. 804 Congress, L.L.C. (In re 804 Congress, L.L.C.), 756 F.3d 358 (5th Cir. 2014) – After an oversecured creditor obtained relief from the automatic stay and foreclosed on some property, the bankruptcy court asserted jurisdiction … Continue reading
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Tagged automatic stay, bankruptcy procedures, financing
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