The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Sixth Circuit affirmed an order dismissing the pro se debtor’s complaint for lack of jurisdiction in her reopened bankruptcy case. The Panel agreed with...
A bankruptcy court cannot reduce the amount of fees requested by a debtor's counsel without giving the lawyers notice and an opportunity for hearing if the rationale for the fee reduction is in the...
Vacating and affirming in part the rulings of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut (DC), U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Circuit) vacated the DC's ruling that the...
Judge(s):
William j. Nardini; Sarah A. L. Merriam; and Gary S. Katzmann
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel upheld the bankruptcy court's approval of a settlement, over the objection of the debtor, between a chapter 7 trustee and creditors satisfying the...
The 5th circuit held that the contracts that were at issue were not ambiguous. And, the definitions of critical terms contained within the contracts (that were the central focus of the disputes)...
Affirming the "person aggrieved" standard for standing to appeal an order of the bankruptcy court, the Fifth Circuit held that a party without an allowed claim against the debtor does not have...
Affirming the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (BC and DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit deemed the payment of a $3.3 million...
Judge(s):
Jerry E. Smith; Patrick E. Higginbotham; and Kurt D. Engelhardt
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's finding that sale proceeds were cash collateral and its approval of a stipulation with the IRS.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California granting summary judgment excepting the debt...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Robert J. Faris; and Gary A. Spraker
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's order denying a creditor's motion to reopen a chapter 7 case five years after closure. The deadlines for the creditor...
