Joining the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and diverging from some bankruptcy courts, including the one below, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) held that, in...
Judge(s):
Stuart K. Duncan; Stephen A. Higginson; and Patrick Higginbotham
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in awarding compensation to a law firm for work performed in a Singapore proceeding. The...
As had the tria, court below, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed orders issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada (BC) that denied the claim of...
Judge(s):
Mary H. Murguia; Salvador Mendoza Jr.; and Ana de Alba
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held (1) it lacked jurisdiction to review a bankruptcy court's decision to permissively abstain; (2) the appellant waived any due process argument...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held a bankruptcy court erred in sanctioning a law firm and its client by shifting $239,655 in legal fees. The fee-shifting amounted to a criminal...
As had the immediately lower court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the decision of the U.S, Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida (BC) not to...
Judge(s):
Robin S. Rosenbaum; Jill A. Pryor; and Britt Grant
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's post-trial judgment excepting a debt from discharge. A dissenting judge would have remanded on one issue-whether the...
In this non-bankruptcy opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (DC) not to award a...
Judge(s):
Leslie H. Southwick; James L. Dennis; and Carl E. Stewart
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the judgment in favor of a seller, Offshore Specialty Fabricators, LLC (Seller), who had sued the highest bidder at auction for...
Judge(s):
Don Willett; Cory T. Wilson; and Irma Carrillo Ramirez
Defendants forfeited their right to challenge the authority of a bankruptcy judge who was transferred to sit in the Bankruptcy Division of the United States District Court for the Virgin Islands by...
