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2008 NORTON BANKRUPTCY LAW SEMINAR MATERIALS

Appellate Court Decisions Related
To Bankruptcy Cases

By William Norton, III

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. CASES INVOLVING BANKRUPTCY CODE SECTIONS 1
1. 101(31)(A) Insider 1
2. 101(51B) Single Asset Real Estate 1
3. 105(a) Substantive Consolidation 1
4. 105(a) Equity Power 1
5. 106(a) Sovereign Immunity 1
6. 107(b)(2) Public Access to Information 2
7. 108(a) Statute of Limitations 2
8. 109(e) Eligibility — Chapter 13 3
9. 110 Bankruptcy Petition Preparers 3
10. 303 Involuntary Petition — Burden of Proof 3
11. 303(c) Involuntary Petition — Right to Join 3
12. 303(i) Involuntary Petitions — Damages 3
13. 304 Foreign Proceeding 3
14. 323 Trustees — Standing to Sue 4
15. 324 Removal of Trustees 4
16. 327 Employment of Professionals 4
17. 330 Professional Compensation 5
18. 362(a)(1) Automatic Stay — Legal Action 6
19. 362(a)(3) Automatic Stay — Collateral 6
20. 362(a)(3) Automatic Stay — Termination of Contract 6
21. S362(d)(1) Automatic Stay — Relief 7
22. S362(h) Automatic Stay — Damages 7
23. 362(k) Automatic Stay — Violations 7
24. 363(f) Sale of Assets — Free and Clear 8
25. 363(k) Sale of Assets — Credit Bid 8
26. 363(m) Sale of Assets — Good Faith Purchaser 8
27. 365(a) Executory Contracts — Assumption 9
28. 365(a) Executory Contracts — Rejection 10
29. 365(e)(1) Executory Contracts — ipso facto clause 10
30. 365(f) Executory Contracts — Assignments 10
31. 366 Utility Deposits 11
32. 502(b) Claims — Allowance 11
33. 503 Administrative Expense 13
34. 506(a) Secured Claims — Allowance 13
35. 506(b) Secured Claim — Post-petition Fees 13
36. 507(a)(1) Priority — Employee Compensation 13
37. 509 Co-Debtors 14
38. 510 Subordination — Recharacterization 14
39. 510(c) Subordination — Stock 14
40. 521(a)(1) Debtor's Duties — Schedule of Claims 15
41. 522(b) Exemptions — State Law 15
42. 522(d) Exemptions — Homestead 15
43. 522(f) Exemptions — Avoidance of Judicial Liens 15
44. 522(g) Exemptions — Objections 16
45. 522(l) Exemptions — Amendments 17
46. 523(a)(1) Dischargeability — Tax Debts 17
47. 523(a)(2) Dischargeability — False Statements 17
48. 523(a)(4) Dischargeability — Fiduciary 18
49. 523(a)(6) Dischargeability — Malicious Injury 19
50. 523(a)(7) Dischargeability — Restitution 20
51. 523(a)(8) Dischargeability — Student Loans 20
52. 524(a)(1) Discharge — Claims 21
53. 524(a)(2) Discharge — Injunction 22
54. 524(d) Reaffirmation 23
55. 525 Discrimination 23
56. 527 Debt Relief Agency 23
57. 541(a) Property of Estate 24
58. 541(c) Property of Estate — Exclusion 26
59. 542 Turnover of Property of Estate 26
60. 544(a) Avoidance — Hypothetical Lien Rights 26
61. 545 Statutory Liens 27
62. 546 Avoidance — Time Limitations 27
63. 547(b) Preference 27
64. 547(c)(2) Preference — Ordinary Course of Business 29
65. 547(c)(4) Preference — New Value 30
66. 548(a)(2) Fraudulent Transfers 30
67. 549 Post-Petition Avoidance 30
68. 550(a) Avoidance - Recovery 30
69. 704 Trustee Powers 31
70. 707(a) Dismissal — For Cause 31
71. 707(b) Dismissal — Abuse 32
72. 727(a) Chapter 7 Discharge — Objection 32
73. 1109(b) Right to be Heard 34
74. 1112(b)(2) Chapter 11 Dismissal 34
75. 1113 Collective Bargaining Agreements 35
76. 1114 Pension Plans 35
77. 1124 Chapter 11 — Impairment 35
78. 1129(a) Chapter 11 — Feasibility 36
79. 1129(b)(2) Chapter 11 — Cramdown 36
80. 1141 Chapter 11 — Discharge 36
81. S1142 Implementation of Plan 37
82. 1146 Chapter 11 - Tax Exemption 37
83. 1307 Conversion 37
84. 1322(b) Chapter 13 — Contents of Plan 38
85. 1322(c) Chapter 13 — Contents of Plan 38
86. 1325(a) Chapter 13 — Confirmation of Plan 38
87. 1325(b) Chapter 13 — Disposable Income 39
88. 1327(a) Chapter 13 — Effect of Confirmation 39
89. 1328(a) Chapter 13 — Discharge 39
90. 1329(a) Chapter 13 — Modification of Plan 40
B. CASES INVOLVING RELATED STATUTES 41
1. 28 U.S.C. 157 Core Proceedings 41
2. 28 U.S.C. 158(d) Appeals 42
3. 28 U.S.C. 1334(b) Bankruptcy Jurisdiction 41
4. 28 U.S.C. 1334(c)(2) Abstension 43
5. 28 U.S.C. 1408 Venue 43
6. 28 U.S.C. 1452(a) Removal 44
C. CASES INVOLVING BANKRUPTCY RULES 45
1. Rule 1005 Caption of Pleading 45
2. Rule 2017 Compensation 45
3. Rule 3003 Allowance of Claim — Excusable Neglect 45
4. Rule 4001 Relief from Stay 46
5. Rule 4003(b) Exemption — Objection 46
6. Rule 7008 Defenses 47
7. Rule 7013 Counterclaim 47
8. Rule 7037 Dismissal 47
9. Rule 8001 Appeal — Final Judgment 48
10. Rule 8001 Appeal — Mootness 49
11. Rule 8006 Appeal — Late Filing 49
12. Rule 9006 Time 50
13. Rule 9011 Sanctions 50
14. Rule 9019 Compromise and Settlements 51
15. Rule 9024 Relief from Order 52
D. BANKRUPTCY LITIGATION 52
1. Arbitration 53
2. In Pari Delicto 53
3. Judicial Estoppel 54
4. Collateral Estoppel 54
5. Res judicata 54

©2008 Keith M. Lundin

 

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