A Ninth Circuit BAP affirmed a decision of the bankruptcy court. The court reasoned that the production company's state law contract claim was a core proceeding because it concerned the...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit dismissed an appeal of an order denying relief from the automatic stay to complete a foreclosure sale as constitutionally moot. No live...
Bankruptcy court did not err in concluding that creditor was a secured creditor and that its attempts to collect a real estate commission claimed by chapter 13 debtor violated the automatic stay.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the oral and written rulings of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) determining that...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; William J. Lafferty III; and Frederick P. Corbit
In a case so complex to require a timeline, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Circuit) dismissed those aspects deemed moot without any merit review but affirmed the grant of summary...
Judge(s):
Gustavo Gelpí; Kermit V. Lipez; and O. Regeriee Thompson
A bankruptcy court's in rem jurisdiction is insufficient to establish personal jurisdiction over foreign defendants, and the automatic stay of 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) is unenforceable if the bankruptcy...
Agreeing with the U.S. Bankruptcy and District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois (BC and DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit found bankruptcy in rem jurisdiction...
Judge(s):
Kenneth F. Ripple; Ilana K.D. Rovner; and Thomas L. Kirsch II
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) found a post-petition order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (DC) deeming a predecessor-in-interest to Censo LLC...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Laura S. Taylor; and Robert J. Faris
Creditor did not violate stay by seeking state court award of child support but did violate stay by asking state court to order Debtor to pay without limiting source of payment to post-petition...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (BC): (1) denying motions for a case's...
