The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) reversed the bankruptcy court's order denying recognition of a Monaco insolvency proceeding under section 1501 based on the misconduct and bad...
The U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: (1) affirmed financial sanctions ordered by the bankruptcy court and ratified by the district court on doctors who asserted causes of action placed...
Judge(s):
Jerry E. Smith; Patrick E. Higginbotham; and James C. Ho
Affirming the U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern District of Illinois (DC and BC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) found: (1) it lacked jurisdiction to...
Judge(s):
Diane S. Sykes; Joel Flaum; and Michael B. Brennan
In an opinion most of the bankruptcy court's judgment as to a creditor's violation of the automatic stay, but vacating its denial of attorneys' fees based on the "technical" nature of these...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; Julia W. Brand; and Gary A. Spraker
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) dismissed the appeal, filed by Thee Aguila, Inc. (TA), of the denial of its motion for reconsideration of a retroactive stay relief...
Judge(s):
Mary Jo Heston; William J. Lafferty III; and Scott H. Gan
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) affirmed the denial of an order denying the contempt motion filed by chapter 13 debtor Jerome Perryman (DR) against his ex-wife, Karen Dal Poggetto (PG),...
Judge(s):
Julia W. Brand; Robert J. Faris; and Gary A. Spraker
Disposing of an appeal filed by a chapter 13 debtor named "Eric Dutra" (DR), the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Scott H. Gan; and Mary Jo Heston
Addressing the effect of the 2005 amendment to 11 U.S.C. § 362, the Third Circuit's decision in In re University Medical Center, 973 F.2d 1065 (3d Cir. 1992), remains good law so that a creditor...
The BAP affirmed the bankruptcy court's ruling that the Debtor held legal title to the Property on the Petition Date, the deed recording violated the automatic stay, the denial of the stay...
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's ruling against the debtor regarding alleged violations of the stay and discharge injunction against the loan servicer. ...
