The pre-petition work claims were not for "back pay attributable to any period of time occurring after commencement of the case" and thus did not qualify for administrative-expense priority under...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in (a) vacating an order awarding attorney fees to a chapter 7 trustee representing...
A chapter 7 trustee who is their own attorney has the burden of showing why work performed is legal in nature, rather than work typically performed by a chapter 7 trustee, when applying for...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court order dismissing a creditor's amended pleading upon concluding that § 523(a)(4) does not except debts of a trustee...
Judge(s):
Charles R. Wilson; Elizabeth L. Branch; and Barbara Lagoa
Finding that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio (BC) did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion for reconsideration filed by one creditor, Penn Line Service, Inc....
Judge(s):
Suzanne H. Bauknight; James L. Croom; and Alan C. Stout
Applying the plain meaning to the court-approved contingency fee agreement, the Court REVERSED, in part, concluding that certain categories of "damages" awarded by an Arbitrator should have been...
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing the U.S. District Court, held that an individual creditor's post-confirmation, pre-effective date administrative expense claim was bound by the terms...
The Court of Appeals affirms the Title III Court's ruling allowing certain expenses incurred by PREPA under a post petition contract to transfer the operations and management of PREPA to a private...
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
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...
