9th Cir. reversed district court (D. Or.), which had affirmed bankruptcy court ruling granting chapter 11 debtor's motion to designate claims for bad faith and preclude the claims from being voted...
The bankruptcy court made erroneous factual findings and committed a legal error with respect to the threshold issue of whether there was a valid, binding, and enforceable settlement agreement...
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Case No. 12-17176 (July 1, 2015)
Ruling:
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the district court's decision dismissing on equitable mootness grounds an appeal from bankruptcy court's order confirming a chapter 11 plan...
Judge(s):
Honorable J. Clifford Wallace, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges
