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Automatic Stay
Plan Confirmation
Practice and Procedure
Consumer Bankruptcy
Consumer Debt
Discharge/Dischargeability
Bankruptcy Taxation
Govt. Claims/Sovereign Immunity
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2014
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Feb
2011
2011
Feb
2011
2011
In 1995, in Field v. Mans, 1 the U.S. Supreme Court held that the standard for creditor reliance in fraud cases under §523(a)(2)(A) is justifiable reliance. Although not a credit card case, the Court shed light on what type of investigation…
May
1998
1998
Editor's Note: For more analysis of automatic stay abuses and in rem orders, see Chaves, "In Rem Bankruptcy Refiling Bars: Will They Stop Abuse of the Automatic Stay Against Mortgagees?," 24 Cal. Bankr. J. 1 (Winter 1997). Among the many co…
Dec
1997
1997
The possibility of a bankruptcy filing has always affected the pre-bankruptcy conduct of both debtors and creditors. Yet several of the changes the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) made to the Bankrup…
Dec
2005
2005