Taking In re Schwartz-Tallard (9th Cir. 2015) 803 F.3d 1095, one step further, this decision holds that a debtor is entitled to attorney fees on appeal under 11 USC 362(k) not only when the debtor successfully defends a trial court fee award under that section on appeal but also when the debtor appeals and obtains reversal of a fee award under that section.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (Smith, M., J.); December 20, 2018; 910 F.3d 1286