11th Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court’s approval of a settlement between the bankruptcy estate’s trustee and a creditor, Green Tech Development, LLC.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit reversed in part and vacated in part the district court's judgment affirming the bankruptcy court’s awarding of reduced attorney’s fees to Debtor...
Reversing the U.S. Bankruptcy and U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of Texas (BC and DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) deemed that the settlement and...
Faced with a dispute among unsecured and secured creditors over the allocation of equity in a reconstituted chapter 11 debtor, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) found the...
Judge(s):
Edith H. Jones; Kurt D. Engelhardt; and Andrew S. Oldham
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a district court's sua sponte dismissal, with prejudice, of a pro se plaintiff/debtor's in forma pauperis complaint against a bankruptcy...
In a 2-1 decision, the Fifth Circuit held a bankruptcy court erred in refusing to consider a debtor's unclean hands defense to a claim to except a state court judgment debt from discharge under 11...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held a magistrate judge properly exercised jurisdiction to enter a final judgment in an appeal from an adversary proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §...
In an appeal arising out of the converted chapter 7 case of Western Robidoux, Inc. (WRI), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Circuit), as had the U.S. District Court for the Western...
Judge(s):
Raymond Gruender; Jane L. Kelly; and L. Steven Grasz
The Fourth Circuit affirmed both the bankruptcy court’s and district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the chapter 7 trustee. The Fourth Circuit found that the $1 million deposited...
