Grede v. FCStone, LLC, No. 09 C 136 (7th Cir. Mar. 19, 2014)
Ruling:
The court REVERSED the judgment of the district court.
The pre-petition transfer was exempted from avoidance under Section 546(e), because it was a "settlement payment" and a transfer made "in...
AFFIRMING the District Court, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that certain payments made by a debtor subsidiary to noteholders in exchange for private placement notes issued by a debtor...
Judge(s):
Circuit Judges Chin and Lohier; District Judge Swain (sitting by designation)
Grayson Consulting, Inc. v. Wachovia Securities, LLC (In re Derivium Capital LLC), No. 12-1518, --- F.3d --- (4th Cir. May 24, 2013)
Ruling:
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court, first holding that the $161 million in stocks that customers transferred into the Wachovia brokerage accounts before Derivium's stock loan...
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Debtor's payments to the power company were settlement payments exempt from avoidable transfer pursuant to section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code. ...
The 8th Circuit BAP AFFIRMED the Bankruptcy Court. The Panel held that the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion by extending the time for service of process of a complaint seeking...
Judge(s):
Kressel, Chief Judge; Saladino and Nail, Bankruptcy Judges
A) The Defendants are not transferees under §550(e) for the purposes of imposing fraudulent transfer liability under the Ninth Circuit’s dominion test because the Defendants never had legal...
Judge(s):
Bankruptcy Judges Donovan (sitting by designation), Dunn, and Hollowell (concurring opinion)
Summarized by Anthony Bisconti , Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP
14 years 3 months ago
Citation:
Case No. 11-6005 (8th Cir. B.A.P. Nov. 25, 2011)
Ruling:
The court affirmed the ruling of the bankruptcy court. The court found that the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in ruling that the complaint was not barred by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7004...
Luis A. Soto-Rios and Brenda Tosada-Arbelo v. Banco Popular De Puerto Rico, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Appeal No. 10-227 (unpublished)
Ruling:
The United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit (J. Howard) ("First Circuit") found that a mortgagee and purported secured creditor held an "interest in property" as that term is used in both 11...
