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2007 NORTON BANKRUPTCY LAW SEMINAR MATERIALS

RECENT BANKRUPTCY DEVELOPMENTS

APPELLATE DECISIONS RELATED TO BANKRUPTCY
By William L. Norton III

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. Bankruptcy Litigation Cases 1
1. Arbitration 1
2. In Pari Delicto 1
3. Collateral Estoppel 2
4. Judicial Estoppel 2
5. Res judicata 3 3
B. Bankruptcy Code Cases 4
1. 105(a) Substantive Consolidation 4
2. 105(a) Stay of Actions 4
3. 105(a) Equity Power 4
4. 106(a) Sovereign Immunity 4
5. 107(b)(2) Public Access to Information 6
6. 108(a) Statute of Limitations 6
7. 110 Bankruptcy Petition Preparers 6
8. 303 Involuntary Petition — Burden of Proof 6
9. 303(i) Involuntary Petitions — Damages 7
10. 304 Foreign Proceeding 7
11. 323 Trustees — Standing to Sue 7
12. 330 Professional Compensation 8
13. 362(a)(1) Automatic Stay — Legal Action 8
14. 362(a)(3) Automatic Stay — Collateral 9
15. 362(a)(3) Automatic Stay — Termination of Contract 9
16. 363(k) Sale of Assets — Credit Bid 10
17. 363(m) Sale of Assets — Good Faith Purchaser 10
18. 365(a) Executory Contracts — Assumption 10
19. 365(e)(1) Executory Contracts — ipso facto clause 10
20. 365(a) Executory Contracts — Rejection11
21. 366 Utility Deposits 12
22. 502(b) Claims — Allowance 12
23. 502(e) Claims — Co-Payment 13
24. 503 Administrative Expense 13
25. 506(a) Secured Claims — Allowance 14
26. 506(b) Secured Claim — Post-petition Fees 14
27. 507(a)(1) Priority — Employee Compensation 15
28. 507(a)(5) Priority — Employee Benefit Plan 15
29. 509 Co-Debtors 16 15
30. 510 Subordination — Recharacterization 15
31. 510(c) Subordination — Stock 16
32. 521(a)(1) Debtor's Duties — Schedule of Claims 16
33. 522(d) Exemptions — Homestead 16
34. 522(f) Exemptions — Avoidance of Judicial Liens 16
35. 522(l) Exemptions — Amendments 17
36. 523(a)(1) Dischargeability — Taxes17
37. 523(a)(2) Dischargeability — False Statements 18
38. 523(a)(4) Dischargeability — Fiduciary 18
39. 523(a)(6) Dischargeability — Willful and Malicious Injury 18
40. 523(a)(7) Dischargeability — Restitution 19
41. 523(a)(8) Dischargeability — Student Loans19
42. 524(a)(1) Discharge — Claims 21
43. 524(a)(2) Discharge — Injunction 21
44. 524(d) Reaffirmation22
45. 525 Discrimination 22
46. 541(a) Property of Estate23
47. 542 Turnover of Property of Estate25
48. 544(a) Avoidance — Hypothetical Lien Rights 25
49. 545 Statutory Liens 25
49. 50. 546 Avoidance — Time Limitations 26
51. 547(a) Avoidance — Preference 26
52. 547(c)(2) Avoidance — Preference — Ordinary Course of Business 27
53. 547(c)(4) Avoidance — Preference — New Value 29
548(a)(2) Avoidance — Fraudulent Transfers 29
549 Avoidance — Post-Petition 30
550(a) Avoidance — Recovery 30
554 Abandonment 31
704 Trustee Powers 31
707(b) Dismissal 31
727(a) Chapter 7 Discharge — Objection 32
1112(b)(2) Chapter 11 Dismissal 33
1113 Collective Bargaining Agreements 33
1116 Pension Plans33
1123(a)(4) Chapter 11 — Contents of Plan 34
1126(a) Chapter 11 — Acceptance of Plan 34
1129(a) Chapter 11 — Feasibility 34
1129(b)(2) Chapter 11 — Cramdown 35
1141(d) Chapter 11 — Discharge 35
1146 Chapter 11 - Tax Exemption 36
1307 Conversion 36
1322(b) Chapter 13 — Contents of Plan 36
1322(c) Chapter 13 — Contents of Plan 37
1325(a) Chapter 13 — Confirmation of Plan 37
1327(a) Chapter 13 — Effect of Confirmation 37
1329(a) Chapter 13 — Modification of Plan38
C. Cases Involving Related Statutes 39
18 U.S.C. 1509 Bankruptcy Crimes 39
28 U.S.C. 158(d) Appeals 39
28 U.S.C. 1334(b) Bankruptcy Jurisdiction 39
28 U.S.C. 1334(c)(2) Abstension 41
28 U.S.C. 1452(a) Removal 41
D. Cases Involving Bankruptcy Rules 42
Rule 2017 Compensation 42
Rule 3003 Allowance of Claim — Excusable Neglect 42
Rule 3018 Chapter 11 — Voting on Plan 42
Rule 6004(h) Sale of Property 42
Rule 7037 Dismissal 43
Rule 8001 Appeal — Final Judgment 43
Rule 8001 Appeal — Mootness 43
Rule 8002 Appeal — Notice 44
Rule 8006 Appeal — Late Filing 44
Rule 9006 Time 45
Rule 9011 Sanctions 45
Rule 9019 Compromise and Settlements 46
Rule 9024 Relief from Order 46

 

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