The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in approving a Chapter 7 Trustee's settlement of legal claims filed by Appellants against the debtor and third...
McIntyre had business disputes with Fangman. After interpleading the amount he admitted owing in a state court, he filed a pro se Chapter 13 bankruptcy in which he challenged the state court's...
In affirming the lower courts, the Fifth Circuit holds that state court litigation in Kansas can and should proceed unaffected by a reopened chapter 7 bankruptcy case after the Chapter 7 trustee...
On the first case, the Court concluded that the bankruptcy court had jurisdiction over the fee motion but that the fee motion was untimely, and accordingly, the Court affirmed. As to the second...
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed lower court decisions district court denying a motion to set aside a default judgment under Rule 60(b)(4) of the Federal Rules of Civil...
Judge(s):
Larsen, Boggs and McKeague. Opinion by Larsen. Dissent by McKeague.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held (a) the Minor Children had Article III standing to appeal from a bankruptcy court's decision denying their motion for a "comfort order" to...
Wading into three areas of law-the Bankruptcy Code, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), and Illinois state law—the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) concluded that the...
In its second opinion of the year arising from contempt orders and sanctions awards against the former CEO of debtor Highland Capital Management, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the Bankruptcy Court's...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a district court's ruling overturning a bankruptcy court's order holding the debtor's competitor in contempt. It held: 1) the Taggart "no...
