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Holly MacIntyre v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (In re Macintyre)

  • Summarized by Lars Fuller , BakerHostetler
  • 3 months 2 weeks ago
Citation:
BAP No. CO-18-085 (10th Circuit, Mar 05,2019) Not Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
BAP for 10th Circuit reversed and remanded bankruptcy court (D. Colo.) order denying debtor's motion to reopen chapter 7 case to seek relief from an alleged discharge violation. Bankruptcy court...
Judge(s):
Cornish, Jacobvitz, Mosier
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Trinity 83 Development LLC v. Colfin Midwest Funding LLC

Citation:
18-2117 (7th Circuit, Mar 01,2019) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
Overruling In re River West Plaza--Chicago, LLC, 664 F.3d 668 (7th Cir. 2011), and part III of In re Sax, 796 F.2d 994 (7th Cir. 1986), (1) section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code does not make any...
Judge(s):
Easterbrook, Barrett, and Scudder
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Marshall v. McCarty (In re: Marshall)

  • Summarized by Shane Ramsey , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago
Citation:
18-6024 (8th Circuit, Feb 28,2019) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
.Eighth Circuit held that the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing Chapter 13 debtor's bankruptcy case for failing to comply with credit counseling requirements; despite...
Judge(s):
Saladino, Nail, and Dow
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BMO Harris Bank N.A. v. Carol Anderson

  • Summarized by Bonnie Clair , Summers Compton Wells LLC
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago
Citation:
No. 17-3073 (7th Circuit, Feb 26,2019) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
Relying on Illinois' single action rule, which requires parties to present all theories for litigation arising from a single transaction in a single proceeding, the Court found that creditors who...
Judge(s):
Easterbrook, Kanne, Brennan
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Madatian v. Goldman (In re Madatian)

  • Summarized by Shane Ramsey , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
  • 4 months 1 week ago
Citation:
18-1166 (9th Circuit, Feb 11,2019) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
Chapter 7 Trustee was entitled to turnover of debtor’s residential property, and could evict debtor from the property, under § 542(a) inasmuch as “there[] [was] ample evidence demonstrating...
Judge(s):
Faris, Kurtz, and Taylor
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Peter Kvassay v. Robert Kvassay (In re Peter Kvassay)

  • Summarized by Shane Ramsey , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
  • 4 months 1 week ago
Citation:
18-1148 (9th Circuit, Feb 11,2019) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
Chapter 7 discharge barred trustee of trustee from seeking to collect on debts owed to the trustee of an estate planning trust in his individual capacity, but did not prohibit the trustee, in his...
Judge(s):
Taylor, Faris, and Kurtz
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Booker v. Johns (In re Booker)

Citation:
18-30526 (5th Circuit, Feb 11,2019) Not Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
Bankruptcy court clearly erred by finding that a Chapter 13 plan was not offered "in good faith" because it allowed elderly debtors to retain a 20-year-old fishing boat that served as part of the...
Judge(s):
Jolly, Jones, Dennis
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SummitBridge National v. Ollie Faison

Citation:
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT: No. 17-2441 (4th Circuit, Feb 08,2019) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The question in this appeal is whether the Bankruptcy Code bars a creditor from asserting an unsecured claim for attorneys’ fees, if those fees are incurred after the filing of a bankruptcy...
Judge(s):
Before FLOYD and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and Donald C. COGGINS, Jr., United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation. Opinion by Circuit Judge Pamela Harris.
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Suzanne Cox v. Wells Richards, et al

  • Summarized by Shane Ramsey , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
  • 4 months 2 weeks ago
Citation:
18-60394 (5th Circuit, Feb 07,2019) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
Individual debtor was barred by doctrine of judicial estoppel from suing to enforce alleged loan she made to certain individuals based on her failure to disclose the loan in her prior bankruptcy...
Judge(s):
Davis, Jones, and Dennis
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Menendez v. Montoya (In re Dollman)

  • Summarized by Lars Fuller , BakerHostetler
  • 4 months 2 weeks ago
Citation:
BAP No. N-18-019 (10th Circuit, Feb 05,2019) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
BAP for 10th Circuit reversed and remanded ruling of bankruptcy court (D. NM) denying debtors' motions to amend schedules, including claimed exemptions, after cases had been closed. BAP ruled that...
Judge(s):
Michael, Romero, Somers
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