An ambiguous tax allocation agreement between a debtor and its subsidiary that filed consolidated tax returns gave the debtor only mere legal title to a refund based on the subsidiary's prior...
Summary Order, WITH NO PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. Debt arising from civil judgment based on Title VII hostile work environment claims following jury trial held non-dischargeable under section 523(a)(6)...
BAP for 9th Cir. affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (ND Cal.) dismissing adversary proceeding with prejudice. After 9 year campaign opposing foreclosure, Debtor/plaintiff in his 10th bankruptcy...
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. "... the Trustee has failed to demonstrate a genuine dispute of material fact on the issue of whether SunTrust owed IPG [the debtor] any...
Judge(s):
Before DUNCAN and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and Leonie M. BRINKEMA, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.
BAP for 9th Circuit affirmed summary judgment entered by bankruptcy court (SD Cal.) in favor of plaintiff-chapter 7 trustee avoiding debtor's postpetition transfer of inheritance proceeds to his...
Bankruptcy Court's granting of a Rule 9019 settlement was affirmed by the Fifth Circuit. The opinion discusses, in detail, the standards for approving settlement and compromises in the Fifth...
The bankruptcy court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over a dispute between the liquidating trustee for a bankruptcy estate and a third party which claimed ownership of property formerly...
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the bankruptcy court’s decision on remand, finding that: (i) the payments that Eclipse, the debtor-appellee, made to Prudential, the...
Judge(s):
Jordan and Roth, Circuit Judges; and Mariani, District Judge
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed bankruptcy court's award of attorney fees and costs (and subsequent finding of civil contempt for failure to pay the award as ordered) related to...
