BAP for 10th Cir. affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (D. Colo) finding that order limiting discovery was not abuse of discretion given parties' attempt to abuse discovery for attrition purposes....
Reviewing the bankruptcy court's approval of the settlement independently, applying de novo review to legal determinations and reviewing factual findings for clear error, the 10th Circuit affirmed....
Dismissing with prejudice a creditor’s claims valued at over $10 million and sanctioning that creditor by making it pay debtor’s attorney’s fees in the amount of $1.29 million was an abuse of...
Debtor's false oral statement to his attorneys about an anticipated tax refund was, despite being a statement about a single asset, a statement respecting the debtor's "financial condition." The...
Judge(s):
Pryor and Rosenbaum, Circuit Juges, and Martinez, District Judge (sitting by designation)
The Eleventh Circuit held that the bankruptcy court made a finding of fact that the debtor violated state securities laws based on a state court judgment confirming an arbitration award entered...
Judge(s):
Pryor and Rosenbaum, Circuit Judges, and Ungaro, District Judge
Based on the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's ("BAP") recent ruling in a related case; Hooshim v. Wolkowitz (In re Kim), BAP No. CC-15-1273-TaKuF, 2016 WL 2654350 (9th Cir. BAP May 2, 2016). The...
The BAP for the 9th Cir. affirmed the ruling of the bankruptcy court (D. Nev.) order granting chapter 7 trustee's motion for turnover of a vehicle, notwithstanding debtors' claim of exemption. The...