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Circuit split · bankruptcy law

Whether the 'excusable neglect' standard from the Federal Rules of Procedure may be transplanted to govern the timeliness of a bankruptcy filing deadline

1 federal appellate case on this question, each acknowledging the disagreement in its own words.

  1. In re Jarvis53 F3D 416

    First Circuit Court of Appeals · April 28, 1995

    “In so holding, we respectfully decline to follow the Seventh Circuit’s transplantation of “excusable neglect" from Fed.” — Declines to follow another circuit
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The other side of the split

Decisions the acknowledging court(s) named as the opposing or joined side, quoted in the acknowledging opinion's own words.

What the split turns on

Doctrines & tests:
excusable neglect

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