4th Circuit remanded district court’s (D.S.C.) ruling that plaintiff’s claims were barred by lack of standing and judicial estoppel. Article III standing established by distinct injury suffered...
AP No. CC-13-1571-DTaSp (B.A.P. 9th Cir., September 29, 2014) (NOT FOR PUBLICATION)
Ruling:
The B.A.P. AFFIRMED the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of the Plaintiff’s adversary proceeding against the Defendants. Only a trustee, can pursue claims on behalf of a bankruptcy estate. For a...
Judge(s):
Dunn, Taylor, and Spraker, U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judges
Summarized by Steven Holmes , Cavazos Hendricks Poirot, PC
11 years 9 months ago
Citation:
United States ex rel. Spicer v. Navistar Defense, LLC (In re Westbrook), Case No. 12-10858 (5th Cir. May 5, 2014).
Ruling:
Chapter 7 Trustee of whistleblower / debtor’s estate had exclusive standing to prosecute a qui tam False Claims Act against manufacturer of military vehicles when debtor failed to disclose the...
Judge(s):
Jerry Edwin Smith, Edward C. Prado and Jennifer Walker Elrod.
Summarized by Bryan Robinson , Law Offices of Bryan Robinson
12 years 4 months ago
Citation:
In re Klein, 9th Cir. BAP., No. NC-12-1263-JuPaD (October 03, 2013) [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
Ruling:
In an unpublished opinion, the 9th circuit bankruptcy appellate panel affirmed the finding by the bankruptcy court, that Douglas Caraway’s state court judgment debt against debtor, Jack Klein,...
In re Rozier, BAP No. CC-12-1359-KiPaD (BAP 9th Cir. August 19, 2013)
Ruling:
Ninth Circuit BAP affirmed U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (J. Bauer) grant of relief from stay for cause pursuant to 11 USC 362(d)(1) over objection of Chapter 7...
AFFIRMING the bankruptcy court, the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel held that a state court judgment against the debtors for failure to pay rent was nondischargeable. The panel was...
Judge(s):
Hon. Wayne Johnson (by designation, Bankr. C.D. Cal.)
Hon. Meredith Jury
Hon. Ralph Kirscher
Summarized by Weston Eguchi , Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
13 years 7 months ago
Citation:
DVI Receivables XIV, LLC v. Rosenberg (In re Rosenberg), Case No. 11-14823 (11th Cir. July 6, 2012) (unpublished) (per curiam)
Ruling:
Affirming district court's order order dismissing involuntary petition with prejudice because Appellants failed to prove reversible error. While the Eleventh Circuit's 2 page decision affirms the...
