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Jill Bednar v. Rick Warren

Citation:
20-041, 20-042 (10th Circuit, Apr 27,2021) Not Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
The Tenth Circuit’s Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) held that the 1881 Barton doctrine, designed, at least in the Tenth Circuit, to ensure other courts do not intervene in an estate’s...
Judge(s):
Michael E. Romero; Dale L. Somers; and Cathleen D. Parker
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In re Hsin-Shawn Cyndi Sheng

  • Summarized by Michael Myers , Buchalter, A Professional Corporation
  • 6 months 19 hours ago
Citation:
BAP No. EC-19-1317-TLS (9th Circuit, Nov 05,2020) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's decision to award an administrative expense claim to the tenant of the individual chapter 7 debtor after the trustee had...
Judge(s):
TAYLOR, LAFFERTY, and SPRAKER
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In re S.S. Body Armor Inc.

  • Summarized by Thomas Horan , Cozen O'Connor
  • 11 months 1 week ago
Citation:
Nos. 19-2313, 19-2314, 19-2315 and 19-2316 (3rd Circuit, Jun 04,2020) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed in part and Reversed in part
Ruling:
First, the Court reversed the Bankruptcy Court's finding that appellant was entitled to a contingent fee award for objecting to a derivative action settlement and thereby improving the outcome, and...
Judge(s):
Circuit Judges Restrepo, Roth, and Fisher
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USA v. John Chesteen, Jr.

Citation:
19-30195 (5th Circuit, Feb 20,2020) Not Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
Shared-Responsibility payments (i.e., the individual mandate) under the pre-2017 version of the Affordable Care Act were not "excise taxes" entitled to priority treatment under 11 USC...
Judge(s):
Owen, Barksdale and Duncan
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Nabors Offshore Corporation v. Whistler Energy II, LLC

Citation:
18-30940 (5th Circuit, Jul 26,2019) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed in part and Reversed in part
Ruling:
When can post-rejection damages be allowed as administrative expenses? The Court clarified: Claimant can prove "necessity" through "evidence of either a direct request from the...
Judge(s):
Higginson, Owen, Southwick
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Cranberry Growers Cooperative v. Patrick Layng

  • Summarized by Bonnie Clair , U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Missouri, St. Louis
  • 1 year 9 months ago
Citation:
No. 1:17-bk-13318-cjf (7th Cir. July 17, 2019) (7th Circuit, Jul 17,2019) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
Reversing the ruling below, the Seventh Circuit found "disbursement" to be an "expansive term" covering all payments made by or for a debtor, including direct payments to revolving lines of credit....
Judge(s):
Ripple, Manion, Sykes
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In re Roberson

  • Summarized by Dean Langdon , DelCotto Law Group PLLC
  • 1 year 11 months ago
Citation:
17-8041 (6th Circuit, May 30,2019) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
In an opinion designated as precedential only to the parties, the Sixth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) affirmed the Bankruptcy Court ruling that a landlord's claim for residential rent...
Judge(s):
Buchanan, Dales and Humphrey, opinion by Buchanan
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Thomas McBride, et al v. Sharon Riley, et al (In re Sharon Boyd Riley)

Citation:
18-30535 (5th Circuit, May 13,2019) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed in part and Reversed in part
Ruling:
The bankruptcy court's interpretation of its own standing order regarding "no-look" compensation to Chapter 13 debtors' attorneys was reasonable. The standing order's deletion of a provision...
Judge(s):
REAVLEY, ELROD and WILLETT
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Michael Collins v. Tenn. Dep't of Revenue (In re Faye Foods, Inc.)

  • Summarized by Dean Langdon , DelCotto Law Group PLLC
  • 2 years 2 months ago
Citation:
18-5378/5386 (6th Circuit, Mar 06,2019) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The Court of Appeals affirmed the rulings of the District and Bankruptcy Courts that the state tax authorities' levy upon the Debtors' account was barred by the applicable statute of limitations,...
Judge(s):
Daughtrey, Gibbons and Griffin; Opinion by Gibbons
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