Federal Case

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “the government has waived this issue by choosing not to raise it before the Bankruptcy Court”
• explaining that we generally decline to consider an issue on appeal that was not raised in the District Court
• stating that the First Circuit’s decision in O’Connell is “consistent with” the Supreme Court’s precedent
• noting the general rule that parties waive arguments not raised in bankruptcy courts “applies with added force where the timely raising of the issue would have permitted the parties to develop a factual record”
• “We generally refuse to consider issues on appeal that were not raised in the lower courts. This general rule applies with added force where the timely raising of the issue would have permitted the parties to develop a factual record.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).