9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Case No. CC-15-1180-FCTa (February 24, 2016)
Ruling:
The 9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ("BAP") entered two separate rulings related to the same facts. The BAP held that in tolling statutes of limitations, the courts have typically assumed...
In an unpublished ruling, the BAP for the 9th Circuit affirmed the ruling of the bankruptcy court (D. Nev.) dismissing an LLC's second chapter 7 filing based on claim and issue preclusion following...
Summarized by Michael Sugar , Commonwealth of Massachusetts
10 years 3 months ago
Citation:
No 15340
Ruling:
The Court ruled that Creditor 50 Thomas Patton Drive ("Patton Drive")'s claim was not contingent as to liability or the subject of a bona fide dispute as to liability or amount and Patton Drive...
9th Circuit BAP Case Nos. NC-14-1440-KuWJu and NC-14-1515-KuWJu (Not for Publication)
Ruling:
The 9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ("BAP") affirmed the bankruptcy court's order approving the sale of real property. In regards to the issue of The Zuercher Trust of 1999 ("Trust") and...
Summarized by David Hercher , U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Oregon
10 years 3 months ago
Citation:
In re Nakhuda, No. NC-15-1149-JuKuW (9th Cir. B.A.P. Feb. 4, 2016).
Ruling:
A bankruptcy court may not impose sua sponte sanctions on a lawyer without finding that the lawyer’s acts were akin to contempt. Published.
Judge(s):
Meredith A. Jury and Frank L. Kurtz, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judges, and Madeleine C. Wanslee, United States Bankruptcy Jude for the District of Arizona, sitting by designation.
In an unpublished decision, the BAP for the 9th Circuit affirmed in part, reversed in part, and vacated and remanded in part, the judgment of the bankruptcy court (C.D. Cal.) (a) excepting a debt...
Summarized by Hale Lake , Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP
10 years 4 months ago
Citation:
O’Rorke v. Porcaro (In re Porcaro), BAP No. MW15-026, --- B.R. --- (1st Cir. BAP Feb. 3, 2016)
Ruling:
The BAP affirmed the Bankruptcy Court’s orders granting summary judgment on the judgment creditors’ 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6) nondischargeability claim and denying the debtor’s motion for...
Summarized by Mazyar Hedayat , M. Hedayat & Associates, PC
10 years 4 months ago
Citation:
14-3585
Ruling:
The Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court's reversal of the Bankruptcy Court's refusal to sanction the Debtor's exemption; concluding that the plain language of the Illinois personal...