Summarized by Lyndel Vargas , Cavazos Hendricks Poirot, PC
11 years 2 months ago
Citation:
5th Circuit Opinion of Dec. 12, 2014 in Case No. 13-60704 -Not Published
Ruling:
All four rulings of the District Court were upheld:
(1) Debtor's argument that the government was required to appeal his discharge in his prior bankruptcy proceedings, resulting in estoppel or...
Judge(s):
Fifth Circuit Court Judges King, Dennis and Clement
Graham Mortgage Corp. v. Goff (In re Goff), Case No.: 13-41148 (5ht Cir. Aug. 22, 2014)
Ruling:
Fifth Circuit affirmed denial of Debtor's discharge pursuant to11 U.S.C. §727(a)(3) for debtor's failure to maintain adequate books and records without justification, where the only evidence the...
Summarized by Joel Levitin , Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
11 years 7 months ago
Citation:
Docket No. 13-1931 (2nd Cir. July 25, 2014)
Ruling:
Court of Appeals affirmed the lower courts' decisions that the debtor was entitled to a discharge because denial of discharge is an extreme penalty, with exceptions to be narrowly construed, and...
Kane, et al. v. Stewart Tilghman Fox & Bianchi, P.A., et al. (In re Kane), No. 13-10560 (11th Cir. Jun. 26, 2014)
Ruling:
The 11th Circuit affirmed the lower courts’ finding that (i) the Stewart Firms’ $2M judgment against the two Kane debtors was excepted from discharge under §523(a)(6) (willful and malicious...
Judge(s):
Marcus, Circuit Judge; Proctor and Evans, District Judges.
