Summarized by Mazyar Hedayat , M. Hedayat & Associates, PC
12 years 8 months ago
Citation:
No. 12-2976
Ruling:
The Wisconsin Bankruptcy Court and District Court erred by applying BR 7015 instead of BR 7054, which is based on FRCP 54(a)-(c). That rule of civil procedure directs that a Federal Trial Court...
Judge(s):
MANION and WOOD, Circuit Judges. BARKER, District Judge.
Reversing and remanding in part, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (“BAP”) for the Tenth Circuit held that, contrary pretrial order of the bankruptcy court (“BC”), a trustee was not required...
Judge(s):
Karlin, Somers, and Mosier (sitting by designation), bankruptcy judges.
Summarized by Timothy Brink , Meltzer Purtill & Stelle LLC
12 years 11 months ago
Citation:
Alfes v. Educational Credit Management Corp. (In re Alfes), Case No. 11-2159 (6th Cir. Mar. 12, 2013)
Ruling:
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the rulings below that a default judgment against a student loan lender did not bar the separate claims of the guarantor of the debtor’s nondischargeable student loan...
Judge(s):
Boggs and White, Circuit Judges; Black, District Judge
No. 11-3782-bk (2d Cir. August 29, 2012) (SUMMARY ORDER)
Ruling:
AFFIRMING the decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which had affirmed an order of the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, the...
Summarized by Madison Conquest , State of Tennessee Real Estate Asset Management
14 years 2 months ago
Citation:
First Chicago Bank & Trust v. Leibowitz (In re IFC Credit Corp.), Ch. 7 Case No. 09-27094, Adv. No. 09-01230, aff'd No. 11-cv-1976, No. 11-2172 (7th Cir. Dec. 5, 2011).
Ruling:
Affirmed. The rule prohibiting pro se corporate filings is nonjurisdictional. Even though a pro se corporate filing is defective, it can be cured by an amended petition signed by an attorney...
Summarized by Anthony Bisconti , Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP
14 years 3 months ago
Citation:
Case No. 11-6005 (8th Cir. B.A.P. Nov. 25, 2011)
Ruling:
The court affirmed the ruling of the bankruptcy court. The court found that the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in ruling that the complaint was not barred by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7004...
