Summarized by David Baker , Law Office of David G. Baker
12 years 11 months ago
Citation:
BAP No. MW12-091
Ruling:
BAP REVERSED and remanded, holding that post-petition divorce court orders for alimony did not violate the automatic stay in a chapter 13 case, but when the debtor was found in contempt and...
Hansjurgens v. Bailey (In re Bailey), Case No. 4:11-cv-00202 (11th Cir. June 11, 2013) (unpublished) (per curiam)
Ruling:
11th Circuit affirmed District Court's dismissal of pro se debtor's appeal, where debtor did not establish "excusable neglect" sufficient to overcome his failure to file a notice of appeal in a...
Summarized by Geoffrey Peters , Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA
12 years 12 months ago
Citation:
2013 FED App. 0162P (6th Cir.)
Ruling:
Affirming the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that claims of fraud that are grounded in tangible property rights such as...
Judge(s):
Circuit Judges Boggs and White, Chief District Judge McCalla for the Western District of Tennessee, sitting by designation
BAP affirmed bankruptcy court order that, notwithstanding series of mergers, creditor had established standing to obtain relief from stay to evict chapter 7 debtors following foreclosure.
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (the "BAP") determined that proceedings to annul the automatic stay after the underlying bankruptcy case is dismissed fall within the ambit of...
Grayson Consulting, Inc. v. Wachovia Securities, LLC (In re Derivium Capital LLC), No. 12-1518, --- F.3d --- (4th Cir. May 24, 2013)
Ruling:
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court, first holding that the $161 million in stocks that customers transferred into the Wachovia brokerage accounts before Derivium's stock loan...
Summarized by Laura Bartell , Wayne State University Law School
13 years 2 weeks ago
Citation:
Nos. 12-5874/5875/5876
Ruling:
Affirmed order of district court dismissing two adversary complaints filed by debtor's law firm against bankruptcy trustee and lawyers representing trustee alleging malicious prosecution and abuse...
Summarized by Laury Macauley , Macauley Law Group, a Professional Corporation
13 years 2 weeks ago
Citation:
Smith v. SA Challenger, Inc. (In re West Coast Real Estate & Mortgage Inc.), B.A.P. Nos. EC-12-1471, EC-12-1485, EC-12-1493, EC-12-1498 (9th Cir. B.A.P., May 23, 2013) (Not for Publication)
Ruling:
In an unpublished decision, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded orders of the Bankruptcy Court granting sanctions against the Chapter 11 debtor and certain...