Debtors in Chapter 13 bankruptcies may find it easier to recover property seized by their creditors under a proposed rules amendment triggered by Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s criticism of Chicago police practices.

The Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure last week approved for public comment a proposed amendment to the bankruptcy rules that was in response to Sotomayor’s concurring opinion in City of Chicago v. Fulton.

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