In a 2-1 decision, the Fifth Circuit held a bankruptcy court erred in refusing to consider a debtor's unclean hands defense to a claim to except a state court judgment debt from discharge under 11...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's post-trial judgment excepting a debt from discharge. A dissenting judge would have remanded on one issue-whether the...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court properly granted a motion to clarify or amend a prior order granting stay relief when the debtor's spouse, at a...
BAP for 9th Cir. affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (D. Mon.) dismissing imprisoned creditor's 523(a)(6) suit against chapter 7 debtor due to creditor's failure to pay filing fee. There are no...
The BAP held the bankruptcy court did not err in finding all of the Plaintiff's injuries resulted from the Debtor's willful and malicious acts, because the record showed the Debtor, the aggressor,...
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reserved decision of Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio, which discharged debt related to civil judgment for willful and malicious injury...
A judgment against a debtor for violating the Alaska Uniform Trade Secrets Act (the UTSA) for the willful an malicious misappropriation of the judgment creditor’s trade secrets was insufficient...
