Abstract
This Comment analyzes application of judicial estoppel to a lawsuit that a consumer debtor failed to disclose in a prior bankruptcy case, arguing that non-bankruptcy courts should not apply the judicial estoppel doctrine to undisclosed lawsuits from bankruptcy. Application of judicial estoppel in this context is both inequitable and contrary to provisions of the Bankruptcy Code. Instead, defendants who seek to assert judicial estoppel against an undisclosed lawsuit must first petition the bankruptcy court to reopen the debtor¿s bankruptcy case to request relief from the automatic stay. The bankruptcy court may then appoint a trustee who can either abandon the claim or pursue the claim for the creditors. This Comment concludes that judicial estoppel should not and may not be applied to undisclosed lawsuits from bankruptcy until the bankruptcy court grants relief from the automatic stay.
Recommended Citation
Caryn Wang,
The Last Estop: Why Judicial Estoppel Should Be a Court's Last Resort for Undisclosed Lawsuits from Bankruptcy,
66
Emory L. J.
1209
(2017).
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/elj/vol66/iss5/4