Taggart v. Lorenzen

Holding that, in order to hold a creditor in civil contempt for violating a discharge order, the debtor must show there was no objectively reasonable basis for concluding that the creditor's conduct might be lawful

Colorado v. New Mexico

Holding that party with burden of persuasion may prevail only if he can “place in the ultimate factfinder an abiding conviction that the truth of [his] factual contentions are ‘highly probable.’ ”

Costello v. United States

Holding a dismissal for failure to file an affidavit of good cause would be "without prejudice" under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) because it was not decided on the merits and referring to the rule as "jurisdictional"

Intel Corp. Investment Policy Comm. v. Sulyma

Rejecting contextual argument because "that is simply not what [the statute at issue] says"

Matter of M. Frenville Co., Inc.

Holding automatic stay inapplicable to debtor when plaintiff filed civil action against debtor after debtor filed for bankruptcy

Intel Corp. v. U.S. Intern. Trade Com'n

Holding that "an indemnification agreement, in other cases, has alone been enough to find privity"

In re Beezley

Holding that debts owed to creditors in no-asset chapter 7 cases are discharged even when not listed in a debtor's schedules

In re Paul

Holding that continuation of state court litigation against debtor's business did not violate discharge injunction

In re Madaj

Holding that reopening chapter 7 no-asset case to schedule omitted, dischargeable debt had no effect on bankruptcy proceedings

Judd v. Wolfe

Holding that, "in a no-asset Chapter 7 case where no bar date has been set," a creditor who received no notice of the bankruptcy "has not been harmed by omission from the bankrupt's schedules and the lack of notice to file a proof of claim" because the creditor "would not have received anything even if he had been [notified]"

Section 1334 - Bankruptcy cases and proceedings

Granting "exclusive jurisdiction" to a federal court handling a bankruptcy case "of all the property, wherever located, of the debtor as of the commencement of such case, and of property of the estate"

Section 523 - Exceptions to discharge

Granting federal courts exclusive jurisdiction over certain dischargeability disputes

Section 727 - Discharge

Finding that debtor had "actually intended to hinder and delay a creditor"

Section 524 - Effect of discharge

Enjoining "an act to collect, recover, or offset any such debt" without specifying that only current creditors are enjoined

Section 1408 - Venue of cases under title 11

Providing that venue is proper where the principal assets of the entity that is the subject of such case have been located for the one hundred and eighty days immediately preceding such commencement

Rule 7001 - Scope of Rules of Part VII

Permitting the filing of adversary complaints "to recover money"

Section 701 - Interim trustee

Granting the U.S. Trustee the power to appoint a "disinterested person" from "the panel of private trustees" as an interim trustee

Section 727 - Improvements to information technology systems