Publication Date
5-2024
Document Type
Survey Article
Abstract
This Article focuses on bankruptcy opinions issued by the Supreme Court of the United States and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Topics addressed include 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A)’s preclusion of discharge of debts obtained by fraud of a partner or agent; the Supreme Court’s effort to “bring some discipline” to 11 U.S.C. § 363(m) and the use of the term “jurisdictional;” abrogation of tribal sovereign immunity in 11 U.S.C. § 106(a); Chapter 11 plan modification under 11 U.S.C. § 1126 and Bankruptcy Rule 3019(a); the anti‑modification provision of 11 U.S.C. § 1322(b)(2) and its connection to 11 U.S.C. § 1327’s finality provision; appellate jurisdiction after partial final judgment of a claim where a party failed to seek certification for appeal; and remedies for overpayment of United States Trustee fees post Siegel.
Recommended Citation
Laney, John T. III; Gaddy, Siena Berrios; and Grantham, Victoria Barbino
(2024)
"Bankruptcy Law,"
Mercer Law Review: Vol. 75:
No.
4, Article 5.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.mercer.edu/jour_mlr/vol75/iss4/5