By Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Chapter 13 Trustee for the Middle District of Tennessee (Nashville) Section 506(d) does not allow the voiding of a lien when the underlying claim, filed by the debtor, has been disallowed; when notice is provided to a corporation it must be addressed to the individual who holds the office of an officer, manager, or general...
Judicial Estoppel – The Eleventh Circuit Reexamines the Standard for its Application in Bankruptcy Cases
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By Kathryn Sanchez Kasper, Staff Attorney for Chapter 13 Trustee M. Elaina Massey (Brunswick, GA)
The 11th Circuit recently revisited application of the doctrine of judicial estoppel in cases where a bankruptcy debtor did not disclose a claim as an asset in the bankruptcy estate. The recent holding in Slater v. U. S. Steel, 871 F.3d 1174 (11th Circuit 2017) provides for a more flexible and opened ended approach in determining if judicial estoppel should preclude a debtor’s claim. This new standard may open the window for additional assets in bankruptcy cases to benefit creditors which . . .
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