Summarized by Sarah Smegal , Bartlett Hackett Feinberg PC
13 years 9 months ago
Citation:
Cox v. Villani (In re Villani), --- B.R. ----, 2012 WL 3755525 (1st Cir. B.A.P. Aug. 28, 2012)
Ruling:
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the First Circuit REVERSED the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts. The BAP ruled the Bankruptcy Court erred when it ruled in favor of...
No. 11-3782-bk (2d Cir. August 29, 2012) (SUMMARY ORDER)
Ruling:
AFFIRMING the decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which had affirmed an order of the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, the...
5th Cir. Court of Appeal (August 21, 2012) - Case No. 11-20534
Ruling:
AFFIRMING the decision of United States Distrcit court for the Southern District of Texas (Houston) that the Trustee had proved that all but one of the payments in question made by the debtors were...
Summarized by Hale Lake , Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP
13 years 9 months ago
Citation:
The Cadle Company v. Andersen, BAP No. MB 11-092 (B.A.P. 1st Cir. Aug. 17, 2012)
Ruling:
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of First Circuit affirmed the decision of the bankruptcy court which dismissed the complaint filed by the plaintiff, The Cadle Company, as General Partner of D.A.N....
Summarized by Dean Langdon , Gartland Thacker DelCotto PLLC
13 years 9 months ago
Citation:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals File Name: 12a0274p.06
Ruling:
AFFIRMING the ruling of the Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held Michigan's bankruptcy-specific state exemption law was constitutional...
Judge(s):
Cole, Clay and Mattice (District Judge for E.D. Tenn.); Opinion by Cole
Summarized by Steven Holmes , Cavazos Hendricks Poirot, PC
13 years 9 months ago
Citation:
Case No. 11-40888, Decided August 16, 2012 (Unpublished)
Ruling:
Chapter 7 Debtor's former spouse's intentionally violated the automatic stay by continuing prosecution of civil contempt claims in state court, in violation of the bankruptcy court’s lift stay...
Summarized by Jason Stitt , Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL
13 years 9 months ago
Citation:
___ F. 3d. ___ (6th Cir. 2012), Case No. 11-1167 (August 10, 2012)
Ruling:
Sixth Circuit affirms district court dismissal of third-party plaintiff Polar Holding’s tortious interference that was addressed by the district court, but reverses the dismissal of its...
Summarized by Lyndel Vargas , Cavazos Hendricks Poirot, PC
13 years 9 months ago
Citation:
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit Case No. 11-10744- Not yet published
Ruling:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas, Ft. Worth Division ruling granting $1million fee enhancement was affirmed on the basis that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Perdue v. Kenny A, 130 S.Ct. 1662...
First Premier Capital LLC v. Republic Bank of Chicago (In re Equipment Acquisition Resources Inc.), Case No. 11-3905 (7th Cir. Aug. 9, 2012)
Ruling:
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court's ruling, which affirmed the Bankruptcy Court's ruling, that the granting of the settlement motion was not an abuse of discretion.
The 8th Circuit BAP AFFIRMED the Bankruptcy Court. The Panel held that the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion by extending the time for service of process of a complaint seeking...
Judge(s):
Kressel, Chief Judge; Saladino and Nail, Bankruptcy Judges