Bankruptcy litigation manual, 2004-2005 ed

Reference & Research Book News, August, 2005

KF1527

0-7355-4721-1

Bankruptcy litigation manual, 2004-2005 ed.

Title main entry. Ed. by Michael L. Cook.

Aspen Publishers, Inc., [c]2005

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$269.00

The 2004-2005 edition contains 26 new cases, including Binder v. Price Waterhouse & Co., Yates v. Hendon, United States v. Galletti, Kontrick v. Ryan, re Kmart Corp., and re United Airlines, Inc. It also contains the six bankruptcy-related decisions handed down by the Supreme Court in 2003-2004; these concerned debtor attorneys' fees in a converted Chapter 11 case, preferences in an ERISA defense, individual partner liability for unpaid partnership taxes, waiver of deadline for objecting to debtor's discharge, Cramdown interest rate for secured lenders, and sovereign immunity not triggered in a discharge proceeding. There are 21 chapters, on topics that include the good faith principle, bankruptcy appellate procedure, turnover and reclamation, insider litigation, non-bankruptcy claims, financing disputes, and environmental liabilities.