Clabough v. Grant. (In re Grant), Case No. 16-6062 (10th Cir. September 20, 2016). Unpublished
Ruling:
Bankruptcy courts do not have authority to use their equitable powers to disallow exemptions or amendments to exemptions due to bad faith or misconduct; any equitable powers can only be exercised...
Summarized by Dean Langdon , DelCotto Law Group PLLC
9 years 8 months ago
Citation:
File Name 16a0324n.06; Docket No. 15-3146
Ruling:
In an unpublished opinion, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirms the ruling of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel in In re Royal Manor Management, Inc., 525 B.R. 338 (B.A.P. 6th Cir. 2015),...
Caesers Entm’t Operating Co., Inc. v. BOKF, N.A., et al. (In re Caesers Entm’t Operating Co., Inc.), Case No. 15-3259 (7th Cir. December 23, 2015).
Ruling:
Bankruptcy Code section 105(a) gives bankruptcy courts extensive equitable powers to enter orders that are appropriate to carry out the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and whether a given order...
Biltmore Investments, LTD v. TD Bank, N.A., Case No. 15-1076 (4th Cir. Oct. 1, 2015) (unpublished) (per curiam).
Ruling:
The court of appeals held the automatic stay expired upon confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization. The district court erred in extending the automatic stay stay to enjoin a bank from...
Judge(s):
Before Circuit Judges Paul V. Niemeyer,Robert B. King, and Roger L. Gregory.
Redmond v. Jenkins, et al. v. Pommier, et al. (In re Alternate Fuels, Inc.), Case No. 14-3086 (10th Cir. June 12, 2015). Published.
Ruling:
Recharacterization is essential to a court’s ability to properly implement the priority scheme of the Bankruptcy Code and is determined under § 105(a) and not § 502(b); thus, the 10th...
Fifth Circuit VACATED district court order insofar as it issued criminal sanctions and enjoined law firm because the minute entry was not sufficient notice that the hearing was being held for...
Summarized by Dean Langdon , DelCotto Law Group PLLC
11 years 3 weeks ago
Citation:
15 FED App. 0002P; Docket Nos. 13-8054; 14-8018
Ruling:
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) affirms the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio, which a) imposed sanctions of $207,004 against a creditor's counsel; b) denied a motion to...
Judge(s):
Harrison, Humphrey and Preston; opinion by Humphrey
Goldman v. Gerard (In re Gerard), BAP No. CC-14-1028 (BAP 9th Cir. Dec. 08, 2014)
Ruling:
In the unpublished decisions, the Ninth Circuity Bankruptcy Appellate Panel dismissed Creditor Diane Goldman ("Goldman") appeal of an order granting Debtor to reopen an adversary proceeding and...
Sui v. Marshack (In re Sui), BAP No. CC-13-1572-TaSpD (BAP 9th Cir. Nov. 10, 2014)
Ruling:
The 9th Circuit BAP vacated and remanded the bankruptcy court's order barring two parties from further filings unless they first obtained consent from the bankruptcy court. The BAP ruled that...