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The first municipal bankruptcy legislation was enacted in 1934 during the Great Depression. [2] Although Congress attempted to draft the legislation so as not to interfere with the sovereign powers of the states guaranteed by the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, the Supreme Court held the 1934 Act unconstitutional as an improper interference with the sovereignty of the states. [2]
The fee, as of April 1, 2012, to access the web-based PACER systems is $0.10 per page. Prior to that the fee was $0.08 per page and prior to January 1, 2005, the fee was $0.07 per page. The per page charge applies to the number of pages that results from any search, including a search that yields no matches with a one-page charge for no matches.
CM/ECF logo. CM/ECF (Case Management/Electronic Case Files) is the case management and electronic court filing system for most of the United States federal courts. PACER, an acronym for Public Access to Court Electronic Records, is an interface to the same system for public use.
Filing for bankruptcy triggers an “automatic stay,” a legal order that temporarily halts these collection efforts. This pause allows you to explore repayment options or negotiate new terms ...
Originally, bankruptcy in the United States, as nearly all matters directly concerning individual citizens, was a subject of state law. However, there were several short-lived federal bankruptcy laws before the Act of 1898: the Bankruptcy Act of 1800, [3] which was repealed in 1803; the Act of 1841, [4] which was repealed in 1843; and the Act of 1867, [5] which was amended in 1874 [6] and ...
If you decide not to file for bankruptcy, a credit counselor can still create a debt management plan for you. Similar to Chapter 13, a debt management plan is a systematic approach to paying off ...
Bankruptcy filings by celebrities generate extensive publicity, [5] which has been cited as a factor contributing to a shift towards a less negative public perception of personal bankruptcy observed since the 1960s. [6] Lawyers have reported using celebrity examples to persuade their clients to file for bankruptcy. [7]
The Northern District of Illinois, which contains the entire Chicago metropolitan area, accounts for 1,531 of the 1,828 public corruption convictions in the state between 1976 and 2012, almost 84%, also making it the federal district with the most public corruption convictions in the nation between 1976 and 2012. [5]