U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois Chicago Division
Recent News About U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois Chicago Division
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Appeals court: Bankruptcy judges must have strong reason to let scofflaws skip parking tickets, other car fines
A Chicago federal appeals panel has confirmed for the third time that debtors can't use bankruptcy court to avoid paying traffic and parking fines. -
Melrose Park, Edelson lawyers renew push to stick Pipeline Health with big damages for closing Westlake Hospital
Court can't order hospital to reopen, but lawsuit demands owners pay for 'fraud' -
Judge: Bankruptcy law shields Pipeline from Melrose Park's lawsuit over using bankruptcy to close Westlake Hospital
A federal judge has ruled bankruptcy laws should block lawyers representing the village of Melrose Park from continuing to sue the owners of a now-shuttered suburban hospital for using federal bankruptcy protection to close the hospital, despite a state court order blocking the owners from locking the doors at the financially-troubled health care facility. -
Bankruptcy judge OKs Oakfabco's liquidation plan withdrawal, but blasts lawyers; Oakfabco requests mediation
Even as the company has requested the chance to head to mediation to resolve differences between its insurers and trial lawyers representing tens of thousands of asbestos claimants, a federal bankruptcy judge has granted bankrupt boiler maker Oakfabco’s request to abruptly withdraw its liquidation proposal, leaving unsettled for now how the company will continue through bankruptcy and wind down those asbestos-related personal injury claims. -
Judge: Chicago ordinance may not allow sidestep of order to return impounded cars to bankrupt debtors
A federal judge said the city of Chicago may not have the absolute right under federal law to withhold impounded vehicles from people who have filed for bankruptcy protection, but it at least deserves the chance to argue its case to do so.