The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed two orders of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (DC) finding that the district's bankruptcy court (BC)...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's order permitting a chapter 7 trustee to sell chapter 5 avoidance actions as property of the debtor's estate.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's order denying a debtor's motion to reopen his chapter 13 bankruptcy case because (1) a dismissed bankruptcy...
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel upheld the bankruptcy court's approval of a settlement, over the objection of the debtor, between a chapter 7 trustee and creditors satisfying the...
Affirming the "person aggrieved" standard for standing to appeal an order of the bankruptcy court, the Fifth Circuit held that a party without an allowed claim against the debtor does not have...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit found a bankruptcy court properly granted summary judgment to a Chapter 7 Trustee who sought to avoid and recover actually fraudulent...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California granting summary judgment excepting the debt...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Robert J. Faris; and Gary A. Spraker
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not clearly err in finding a creditor received constructively fraudulent transfers from debtors related to their...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in denying a debtor's motion for leave to sue the Chapter 11 Trustee in state court for alleged...
The B.A.P. of the Ninth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's dismissal. Relying on canons of statutory interpretation, the court interpreted § 1192 to reiterate § 523(a)’s application to...
