Posted by NCBRC - December 13th, 2018
Type: Amicus
Date: April 18, 2018
Description: Whether False Claims Act case was properly dismissed on judicial estoppel grounds for failure to disclose it to the bankruptcy court.
Result: Judgment affirmed, December 5, 2018 (withdrawn). New opinion issued March 22, 2019. Affirmed.
Bias 5th Cir March 2019 new opinion
Bias 5th Cir Dec 2018
Bias NACBA amicus 5th Cir April 2018
Posted by NCBRC - November 28th, 2016
Type: Amicus
Date: October 24, 2016
Description: Judicial estoppel in pre-bankruptcy employment discrimination action.
Result: Remanded to original panel on en banc reconsideration. September 18, 2017.
Slater 11th Cir. opinion Sept 2017
slater-nacbc-amicus-oct-2016
Posted by NCBRC - November 15th, 2016
Type: Amicus
Date: July 25, 2016
Description: Whether equitable estoppel under state law may prevent a debtor’s amendment of claimed exemptions.
Result: Pending
lua-nacba-amicus-9th-cir-july-2016
Posted by NCBRC - August 31st, 2016
Type: Amicus
Date: August 22, 2016
Description: Whether provision in confirmed chapter 13 plan, which reserved the debtors’ right to object to proofs of claim was sufficient to reserve the debtors’ right to object to unsecured creditor’s proof of claim for time-barred debt.
Result: Pending
Harling 4th Cir NACBA Amicus
Posted by NCBRC - June 21st, 2016
Type: Amicus
Date: June 16, 2016
Description: Whether Chapter 13 debtors have a free-standing duty to amend their bankruptcy schedules to reflect the post-petition acquisition of a legal claim. Whether judicial estoppel is appropriately applied against former Chapter 13 debtors who attempt to amend their bankruptcy schedules.
Results: Pending
Ingram NACBA Amicus 11th Cir June 2016