LATEST SUMMARIES

BANKRUPTCY LAW, PROPERTY LAW & REAL ESTATE
• In Re: Connors

BANKRUPTCY LAW
• In re: Perlin v. Hitachi Capital Am. Corp.

CIVIL PROCEDURE, CIVIL RIGHTS, EVIDENCE, LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW
• Marra v. Philadelphia Housing Auth.

LATEST SUMMARIES

BANKRUPTCY LAW, PROPERTY LAW & REAL ESTATE
In Re: Connors, No. 06-3321
Breaking virtual tie between the New Jersey federal courts, the Court of Appeals holds in this bankruptcy appeal that under 11 U.S.C. section 1322(c)(1), a Chapter 13 debtor does not have the right to cure a default on a mortgage secured by the debtor's principal residence between the time the residence is sold at a foreclosure sale and the time the deed is delivered. Read more...

BANKRUPTCY LAW
In re: Perlin v. Hitachi Capital Am. Corp., No. 06-3199
Denial of appellant's motion to dismiss the voluntary joint bankruptcy petition filed by Chapter 7 debtors under 11 U.S.C. section 707(a), on the ground that the debtors had filed the petition in bad faith, is affirmed where the facts and circumstances of this case do not support a finding of bad faith. Read more...

CIVIL PROCEDURE, CIVIL RIGHTS, EVIDENCE, LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW
Marra v. Philadelphia Housing Auth., No. 06-1140
Jury verdicts for plaintiffs on their claims for unlawful retaliation under the Pennsylvania Human Rights Act are affirmed over claims contesting the admission of certain evidence at trial, the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the verdicts, the consistency of those verdicts with particular findings made by the jury on the plaintiffs' other claims for relief, and the plaintiffs' right to have a jury decide their PHRA claims. Read more...