The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court didn't err in denying a chapter 11/subchapter V debtor's motion for relief under Fed. R. Bankr. P 9024/Fed. R. Civ. P....
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in approving compensation for a Subchapter V Trustee over a debtor’s objection for work...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the bankruptcy court's decision awarding fees to the chapter 13 debtor's attorney and modifying the chapter 13 plan to pay the fees, over the objection...
Judge(s):
CLIFTON and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges, and KORMAN,** District Judge
In a non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit held that, under Texas law, a landlord and tenant-assignee cannot amend a lease to increase the tenant-assignor’s liability under the lease unless...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the decision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida (BC) concluding that the individual...
Judge(s):
William H. Pryor Jr.; Jill A. Pryor; and Stanley Marcus
Rejecting the holding of a non-precedential summary order, the Second Circuit clarified that parties may be added to an action -- without leave of the court and without reference to Fed. R. Civ. P....
Judge(s):
CALABRESI, NATHAN, Circuit Judges, AND NAGALA, District Judge
Circuit court dismissed pro se debtor's appeal from a bankruptcy appellate panel order denying her emergency motion for a stay pending appeal. The Circuit found that the BAP order was not a "final...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in granting a chapter 7 debtor's motion to reopen a case to avoid a judicial lien on the debtor's LLC...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Circuit) dismissed the appeals of the memorandum and order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa (DC) by two...
In non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's decision to reject an individual pro se Debtor's proposed structured dismissal and instead dismiss the Debtor's...