Topic: Bankruptcy Litigation

False representations are express misrepresentations while false pretenses includes conduct and material omissions and is defined as any series of events, when considered collectively, that create a contrived and misleading understanding of a transaction, in which a creditor is wrongfully ...

AFFIRMED in part and reverse in part the district court's decision. Further, a remand with instruction to clarify whether an isolated claim in the earlier state-court action can proceed. Additionally, the court found that the bankruptcy court did not err ...

Because the judgment of the Supreme Court of North Dakota, holding that the appellant's claims were barred, satisfied the elements of North Dakota's res judicata doctrine, the full faith and credit statute (28 U.S.C. § 1738) required the Eight Circuit ...

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals AFFIRMED the District Court ruling that AFFIRMED the Bankruptcy Court's ruling that the issuance of dividends to a debtor's shareholder to offset tax liability after an S corporation election was valid and not a ...