Summarized by Lyndel Vargas , Cavazos Hendricks Poirot, PC
11 years 5 months ago
Citation:
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit Case No. 11-10744- Not yet published
Ruling:
The Fifth Circuit Panel affirmed numerous rulings of the District Court which resulted in a Litigation Trust Trustee losing on all fronts in a substantial federal court lawsuit he had brought...
Summarized by Thomas DeCarlo , John Steinberger & Associates, PC
11 years 6 months ago
Citation:
Case No. 13-6304 (6th Cir. 2014)
Ruling:
Creditor not entitled to reform mortgage to encompass adjacent lot where action to reform mortgage was brought outside 10 year statute of limittions. Creditor not entitled to use equitable...
Williamson v. Murray (In re Murray), Case No. KS-13-034; Baer v. Beach (In re Beach), Case No. KS-13-037 (B.A.P. 10th Cir. March 4, 2014) (published)
Ruling:
Chapter 7 trustees’ strong arm rights and powers apply to property of the estate, but do not extend to property specifically exempted by state law and determined to be an integral part of a...
Summarized by Mazyar Hedayat , M. Hedayat & Associates, PC
12 years 3 weeks ago
Citation:
Appeal from US Dist. Ct. ND IL ED, Case No. 11 C 05045
Ruling:
The 7th Circuit was asked to decide whether a Chapter 11 Debtor in Possession could bring an action to recoup its Federal tax payments pursuant to § 544(b)(1). The Court decided it could not, for...
Judge(s):
Before BAUER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and VAN BOKKELEN, District Judge
Summarized by Eduardo Glas , Law Office of Eduardo Glas PC
12 years 3 months ago
Citation:
Docket No. 12-4138
Ruling:
Second Circuit certified the following question of law for the N.Y. Court of Appeals: does New York law treat a dissolved law firm's pending hourly fee matters as its property?
Summarized by Laury Macauley , Macauley Law Group, a Professional Corporation
12 years 4 months ago
Citation:
Grogan v. Harvest Capital Company, et al. (In re Grogan), B.A.P. No. OR-12-1483 (9th Cir. B.A.P., October 15, 2013) (Not for Publication)
Ruling:
In an unpublished decision, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit affirmed the entry of partial judgment by the Bankruptcy Court, construing the Appellees' security agreements as...
