Affirmed District Court judgment dismissing Plaintiff/former debtor's contract and tort claims against creditors that foreclosed on former debtor's condo, and granting partial summary judgment on...
Summarized by Elizabeth Gunn , United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Columbia
10 years 3 months ago
Citation:
Curtis v. Segraves (In re Segraves), Case No 15-6021 (8th Cir. B.A.P. November 30, 2015)
Ruling:
Section 109 does not require a debtor to sign a statement of credit counseling under penalty of perjury, only to file a certificate from an approved agency that provided the debtor with the...
Liggett v. Schwartz, Case Nos. 14-1433, 14-1435, and 14-1436 (6th Cir. July 21, 2015).
Ruling:
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed rulings by the Bankruptcy and District Courts of the Eastern District of Michigan, finding that (i) because a property settlement contained in a judgment...
Judge(s):
GIBBONS and COOK, Circuit Judges; GWIN, District Judge, sitting by designation.
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the First Circuit, No. 13-041 (January 30, 2014)
Ruling:
Code sec. 109(h)(1) requires that any individual debtor shall have received credit counseling from an approved agency within 180 days of the filing of a case. There was no abuse of discretion in...
Summarized by Thomas DeCarlo , John Steinberger & Associates, PC
12 years 5 months ago
Citation:
BAP Nos. 12-1643 and 13-1049 (9th Cir. BAP 2013)
Ruling:
BAP affirmed bankruptcy court imposition of sanctions against debtor's former counsel, including award of attorney fees to debtor's new counsel of approximately $45,000; suspension from filing new...
