Bankruptcy Law

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: (1) whether an insurer with financial responsibility for a bankruptcy claim is a “party in interest” under 11 U.S.C. § 1109; (2) appropriate remedies for a constitutional violation described in Siegel v. Fitzgerald; (3) whether the bankruptcy code authorizes a court to extinguish claims and potential claims without the consent of those affected or without martialing total assets for creditors; (4) finality of a contempt order; (5) revival under Rule 69(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (F.R.C.P.); (6) debtor eligibility under Chapter 15; (7) individual retirement accounts and particular issues connected to 11 U.S.C. § 541(a); (8) fraudulent omission of an asset from bankruptcy petition and 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(4)(A); (9) methods of valuation of special use property; (10) dismissal as a sanction for pro se litigants for violation of Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9011; ; and (11) interpretation of 11 U.S.C. § 1123(b)(5)’s anti-modification provision.