Debtor's false oral statement to his attorneys about an anticipated tax refund was, despite being a statement about a single asset, a statement respecting the debtor's "financial condition." The...
Judge(s):
Pryor and Rosenbaum, Circuit Juges, and Martinez, District Judge (sitting by designation)
The BAP for the 9th Circuit affirmed the ruling of the bankruptcy court (S.D. Cal.) granting summary judgment in favor of creditors/plaintiffs on 523(a)(2)(A) dischargeability claim based on issue...
Section 523(a)(10) provides that any claim existing when a debtor waives or is denied a discharge in a case will be nondischargeable in a subsequent case. If a claim is nondischargeable under...
Judge(s):
Novack (sitting by designation), Taylor and Lafferty
The BAP for the 9th Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court (CD Cal.) ruling granting summary judgment in favor of creditor determining that state court judgment was nondischargeable pursuant to...
Summarized by Rachel Greenleaf , U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia
9 years 4 months ago
Citation:
Lecann v. Cobham (In re Cobham), No. 16-1010, 2016 WL 5956692 (4th Cir. Oct. 14, 2016) (per curiam)
Ruling:
Fourth Circuit affirmed the determination that the judgment debt at issue is nondischargeable under section 523(a)(6) as the bankruptcy court had found and declined to reach the district court's...
Judge(s):
Robert B. King, Allyson K. Duncan, and Henry F. Floyd
1st Circuit BAP NO. MW 15-051, Massachusetts Main Bankruptcy Case No. 14-42811-CJP, Adversary Proceeding No. 15-04024-CJP
Ruling:
AFFIRMED. Creditor's Complaint against Debtor objecting to dischargeability under 11 USC 523(a)(2)(A) was dismissed by the Bankruptcy Court under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 (b)(6) standard. Creditor's...
Judge(s):
Trial Judge: Hon. Melvin S. Hoffman. BAP Judges: Lamoutte, Deasy and Cary.
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 Unpublished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...
AFFIRMED lower courts' rulings that state court judgment and sanctions were non-dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(2)(A) & (a)(6). Court of appeals rejected all grounds raised by the debtor,...
In re Ferguson, No. 15-3093 (7th Cir. August 23, 2016) (unpublished)
Ruling:
In the bankruptcy context, an appeal lacks jurisdiction when a case is remanded deciding only an issue without resolving the underlying dispute, because such decision is not final.
