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Property Surrender: Surrender Means Surrender – No If’s, And’s or But’s

Failla v. Citibank, N.A. (In re Failla), 838 F.3d 1170 (11th Cir. 2016) – After chapter 7 debtors filed a statement of intention to surrender their house to their mortgagee, they continued to oppose the lender in a state court … Continue reading

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Buyer Standing: No Leg to Stand On

Buyer Standing: No Leg to Stand On Arlington Capital, LLC v. Bainton McCarthy LLC (In re GT Automation Group, Inc.), 828 F.3d 602 (7th Cir. 2016) – After a debtor’s assets were auctioned off, the bankruptcy trustee unsuccessfully sued the … Continue reading

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Time-Barred Proof of Claim: To File or Not to File, That Is the Question

Johnson v. Midland Funding, LLC, 823 F.3d 1334 (11th Cir. 2016) – In two chapter 13 bankruptcy cases that were consolidated on appeal the debtors claimed that a creditor violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by filing a … Continue reading

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Chapter 7 Discharge: When Is In Rem Not In Rem?

In re Jackson 554 B.R. 156 (BAP 6th Cir. 2016) – At the request of a chapter 7 debtor, the bankruptcy court reopened his case and sanctioned the debtor’s condominium association for violating his discharge. On appeal the Bankruptcy Appellate … Continue reading

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Authorizing a Bankruptcy: When Is a Vote Not Really a Vote?

In re Intervention Energy Holdings, LLC, 553 B.R. 258 (Bankr. D. Del. 2016) – A creditor objected to the bankruptcy filing of a limited liability company on the basis that the filing was unauthorized. Specifically, under the LLC’s operating agreement … Continue reading

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Bankruptcy Sales: “Free and Clear” Is Not Necessarily a Free Pass

Encanto Restaurants, Inc. v. Luis S Aquino Vidal (In Re Cousins Int’l. Food Corp.), 553 B.R. 197 (Bankr. D. Puerto Rico 2016)) – A Chapter 11 debtor sold two restaurants under a bankruptcy sale order that provided that the sale … Continue reading

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