The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in denying a motion to remand a removed civil action and in granting a summary judgment for the...
A debtor who did not assume a lease in his chapter 13 plan and who did not disclose ownership of any business-related property in his Schedules and Statement of Financial Affairs was estopped from...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“7th Cir.”) affirmed the entry of summary judgment in favor of creditor LSQ Funding Group, L.C. (“LSQ”) and against Douglas Mann,...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada (BC) converting the chapter 11 case of NTI-NC Inc. (DR), both...
Judge(s):
Julia W. Brand; Frederick P. Corbit; and William J. Lafferty III
The Court of Appeals held that the bankruptcy court’s handling of approval of the settlement of class claims, “predicated on 28 U.S.C. § 1334(a) or (b), rather than in the court where the...
Judge(s):
Judge Edith H. Jones, Judge James C. Ho, and Judge Cory T. Wilson
The 5th Circuit vacated and remanded the bankruptcy and district court judgments with instructions to dismiss. It held that the bankruptcy court lacked jurisdiction to approve post-confirmation...
The 9th Circuit BAP affirmed the Bankruptcy Court and held that the collection of discharged debt from debtor’s alter ego does not violate discharge injunction.
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel reversed and remanded the bankruptcy court's entry of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff's section 523(a)(6) claim against the debtor defendant...
Affirming the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (BC), the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) discerned no error in its avoidance of the judicial...
Affirming the denial of the motion to compel abandonment of the estate's interest in her home by Machele Goetz (Goetz) by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri (BC), the...
Judge(s):
Shon Hastings; Michael E. Ridgway; and Anita L. Shodeen
