Inga Olsen (the “Debtor”) appeals from the bankruptcy court’s October 26, 2016 judgment in favor of creditor Finance Authority of Maine (“FAME”), determining that: (1) her student loan...
Judge(s):
BAP (Bailey, Godoy and Panos) appeal from USBC-Maine (Hon. Peter G. Cary)
1. Trial evidence that debtor (Corwin) cause companies that he controlled to use contracts containing language contrary to Texas tax lien foreclosure law was sufficient to establish that Corwin had...
Debtor in a involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy lacked standing to argue that the Chapter 11 trustee for a business trust formerly owned by the debtor (the "Other Trustee") violated the automatic stay...
Judge(s):
BRAND, SPRAKER (Chief Bankruptcy Judge, D. Alaska, sitting by designation), KURTZ
As to the threshold requirements of Rule 60(b), the court found that Wells failed to timely file its motion and that granting relief to Wells would prejudice the bona fide purchaser at the...
Judge(s):
Before Judges Niemeyer, King, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.
A bankruptcy court has the general authority to impose a filing injunction after a chapter 13 debtor moves for voluntary dismissal under 11 U.S.C.S. § 1307(b). However, the injunction imposed...
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's denial of his motion to reopen his Chapter 7 bankruptcy so that he could file a Rule 60(b)(4) motion to vacate a previously uncontested lift stay...
a.) Claims derived through a debtor are estate property which only a trustee can assert; b.) District Court order on a contempt motion which enforced existing injunction but made no contempt...
The 2nd Cir Ct of App held that res judicata did not bar plaintiff claims of breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference and fraud against defendant law firm in connection with plaintiff’s...
Judge(s):
Hall, Livingston, Circuit Judges, and Garaufis, District Judge, sitting by designation
BAP for 9th Circuit affirmed bankruptcy court's (C.D. Cal.) dismissal of debtor's chapter 11 case for bad faith, finding no error in application of judicially-created bad faith tests, rather than...
Section 362(k)(1) provides "an individual injured by any willful violation of [the automatic] stay shall recover actual damages, including costs and attorneys' fees and, in appropriate...
Judge(s):
Fisher, Krause, and Melloy (sitting by designation)
