Bankruptcy

Note: To find Bankruptcy Court cases in LexisNexis Academic by citation, add dots:  313 b.r. 1 works, but 313 br 1 will not.

    Bankrutpcty sections from Cornell for U.S. Code Title 11
           If you need section 101 definitions, select chapter 1.  If you need section 523, select chapter 5 and then subchapter II.

   American Bankruptcy Institute
Gives Congress bill information under Legislative News.
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http://www.abiworld.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home)
    Bankruptcy Law (Specialty Areas of Practice)
A collection of helpful links from the National Federation of Paralegal Associations.
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http://nfpa.affiniscape.com/associations/2270/files/bankruptcy.html)
    Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
From Cornell University.
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http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frbp/)
    Justia.com Legal Practice Areas
        Select U.S. District Courts' civil case filings.  Then in the drop-down box for "all lawsuit types," choose
        bankruptcy.  You can see basic information on cases.
        (http://www.justia.com/)

    Official Bankruptcy Forms
From the uscourts.gov site.
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http://www.uscourts.gov/bkforms/index.html)
    U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
Has local rules, fees, and links.  But one cannot back out of site.  Click upper right x to close site.
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http://www.tneb.uscourts.gov)
    U.S. Code and Bankruptcy Forms (from the Government Printing Office)
Browse Title 11A.  For forms, select Federal Rules...and Official Bankruptcy Forms.  Select Official Forms.
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http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html)
    The U.S. Code Collection: Title 11--Bankruptcy
Is also from Cornell.  The U.S. Code is also available from our library's LexisNexis Academic database.
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http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode11/usc_sup_01_11.html)
    Washburn School of Law Bankruptcy
Is a collection of links including some sites only available to their own legal students.
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http://www.washlaw.edu/subject/creditors.html)

Check bankruptcy law through our library's LexisNexis Academic database.

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By Laura Young, Last Updated November 23, 2009