BAP for 8th Cir. affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (D. Minn - St. Paul) entering judgment on 523(a)(6) claim in favor of debtor. BAP found no error in bankruptcy court ruling that creditor failed...
The Sixth Circuit reverses the imposition of sanctions by the bankruptcy court under Rule 9011 and 28 USC Sec. 1927 (but affirms the BAP), holding that Grusin did not file the debtors petition,...
Bankruptcy Court correctly dismissed Chapter 13 based on material defaults under confirmed plan where Debtor stopped making plan payments and refused to surrender property notwithstanding plan that...
Bankruptcy court's rulings on issue preclusion, nondischargeability under 523(a)(2)(A), and fees and interest were affirmed in part and vacated and remanded in part.
In a summary order, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the district court’s February 1, 2017 judgment, and remanded for further proceedings. The Second Circuit held that summary judgment...
Judge(s):
The Honorable Guido Calabresi; The Honorable Richard C. Wesley; and The Honorable Denny Chin
In a summary order, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s November 15, 2016 judgment, finding that five of the appellant’s arguments were meritless for the same...
Judge(s):
The Honorable José A. Cabranes; The Honorable Debra A. Livingston; and The Honorable Richard W. Goldberg of the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation.
On an issue of first impression, the Eleventh Circuit concluded that section 362(k) of the Bankruptcy Code authorizes the payment of attorney's fees and costs incurred by debtors in stopping a...
Judge(s):
Ed Carnes, Chief Judge, and Black, Circuit Judge, and May, District Judge
Sixth Circuit holds that an action taken in violation of an automatic stay may be validated in either of two ways: (i) by the bankruptcy court annulling the stay which permits the order to operate...
Judge(s):
Guy, Clay and White, Circuit Judges (opinion by White with dissent by Clay)
The BAP affirmed the bankruptcy court's ruling that the debtor's transfer of 2/3 of the proceeds from its 2011 blueberry crop was avoidable as a fraudulent transfer and that the intended...
The district court’s refusal to allow the defendant’s theory-of-defense jury instruction did not deny him a fair trial where the proposed instruction restated the court’s charge to the jury...
