The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in (a) vacating an order awarding attorney fees to a chapter 7 trustee representing...
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the Bankruptcy Court and District Court for the District of Utah's determination that under Utah law, the Debtor, through its predecessor in interest,...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court properly granted a motion to clarify or amend a prior order granting stay relief when the debtor's spouse, at a...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the grant of summary judgment to Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai) by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
for the Central District of...
Judge(s):
Frederick P. Corbit; Robert J. Faris; and William J. Lafferty III
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the judgment of the circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) concluding that it lacked jurisdiction over appeals of orders of...
Judge(s):
Joel M. Carson III; Allison H. Eid; and Veronica S. Rossman
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in granting a summary judgment against a chapter 7 Trustee on a claim to avoid a post-petition transfer...
Applying a circuit rule--that a contempt order that contemplates imposing attorneys’ fees as a contempt sanction but does not specify the amount of any award is not a final, appealable order; the...
Judge(s):
Robin S. Rosenbaum; Elizabeth L. Branch; and Andrew L. Brasher
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) dismissed as equitably moot an appeal of the order confirming the liquidating plan of Artesian Future Technology, LLC (AFT) and...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit discerned no error in the orders of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon (BC) overruling the objections of Rita K....
Judge(s):
Frederick P. Corbit; Robert J. Faris; and Julia W. Brand
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in concluding the Rooker-Feldman doctrine and the doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel did not bar...
