Integrity Directional Services

• Summarized by Leo Weiss , Office of the U.S. Trustee
• 5 months 2 weeks ago

Citation:

23-6111 (10th Circuit, Jul 25,2024) Not Published

Case Status:

Reversed

Ruling:

Circuit court reversed the district court's reversal of the bankruptcy court denial of a group of creditors', "Falcon," "Amendment of Informal Proofs of Claim." The bankruptcy found that Falcon had...

Judge(s):

MATHESON, BALDOCK, and McHUGH

Tag(s):

• 10th Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Claims
• Rule 3002
• Sec. 726

Crabtree v. Allstate Property

• Summarized by Bradley Pearce , Pearce Law PLLC
• 5 months 2 weeks ago

Citation:

23-60537 (5th Circuit, Jul 18,2024) Published

Case Status:

Affirmed in part and Reversed in part

Ruling:

The Fifth Circuit certified to the Mississippi Supreme Court the narrow issue of whether the Mississippi champerty statute (Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-11) voids the assignment of a cause of action...

Judge(s):

Smith, Wiener, and Douglas, Circuit Judges

Tag(s):

• 5th Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Claims
• Practice and Procedure

Minor Children v. Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans (In re: Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans)

• Summarized by David Treacy , U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
• 5 months 3 weeks ago

Citation:

No. 23-30565 (5th Circuit, Jul 17,2024) Not Published

Case Status:

Reversed

Ruling:

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held (a) the Minor Children had Article III standing to appeal from a bankruptcy court's decision denying their motion for a "comfort order" to...

Judge(s):

King, Jones, and Oldham

Tag(s):

• 5th Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Automatic Stay
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Practice and Procedure
• Venue/Jurisdiction
• Mass Torts
• Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8004
• Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8009
• 11 U.S.C.§ 362
• 11 U.S.C. § 503
• 11 U.S.C. § 1108

Gordon Green v. David Leibowitz

• Summarized by Amir Shachmurove , Brown Rudnick LLP
• 5 months 3 weeks ago

Citation:

23-2841 (7th Circuit, Jul 16,2024) Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

Wading into three areas of law-the Bankruptcy Code, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), and Illinois state law—the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) concluded that the...

Judge(s):

Amy St. Eve; Thomas Kirsch; and Joshua P. Kolar

Tag(s):

• 7th Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Claims
• Practice and Procedure
• Venue/Jurisdiction
• 11 U.S.C. § 522(b)(3); 11 U.S.C. § 522(b)(3)(C); 11 U.S.C. § 541(a); 11 U.S.C. § 704(a)

US v. Foistner

• Summarized by Solymar Castillo-Morales , Goldman Antonetti & Cordova
• 5 months 3 weeks ago

Citation:

22-1420 and 22-1619 (1st Circuit, Jul 15,2024) Not Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

The court affirmed the district court's determination denying all the arguments of judicial bias.

Judge(s):

Kayatta, Lipez, and Thompson,

Tag(s):

• 1st Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Fraud
• Practice and Procedure
• Valuation

Mahadevan v. Northrup

• Summarized by Eric Grant ,
• 6 months 1 week ago

Citation:

No. 23-20512 (5th Circuit, Jul 03,2024) Not Published

Case Status:

Dismissed

Ruling:

Debtor's appeal of a settlement order entered by the bankruptcy court was dismissed due to his appeal being filed 11 months late. Furthermore, his appeal of a denied request for relief under FRCP...

Judge(s):

Catharina Haynes, James E. Graves Jr., Stephen A. Higginson

Tag(s):

• 5th Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Venue/Jurisdiction
• 8003

SR Construction v. RE Palm Springs

• Summarized by Caleb Chaplain , U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia
• 6 months 1 week ago

Citation:

23-10603 (5th Circuit, Jul 02,2024) Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

The Fifth Circuit held that the bankruptcy court had the “undisputed power to order the sale of a bankruptcy debtor’s assets” and that turnover of those assets pursuant to the sale order was...

Judge(s):

Barksdale, Southwick, and Graves

Tag(s):

• 5th Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Asset Sales
• Venue/Jurisdiction
• Business Reorganization

Dondero v. Highland Captl Mgmt

• Summarized by J. Eric Lockridge , Kean Miller LLP
• 6 months 1 week ago

Citation:

22-10889 (5th Circuit, Jul 01,2024) Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

In its second opinion of the year arising from contempt orders and sanctions awards against the former CEO of debtor Highland Capital Management, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the Bankruptcy Court's...

Judge(s):

Southwick, Smith, and Higginson

Tag(s):

• 5th Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Corporate Governance
• Ethics
• Professional Compensation/Fees
• Business Reorganization

MARGUERITE POTTER and KEVIN POTTER

• Summarized by Stephen Falanga , Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP
• 6 months 1 week ago

Citation:

23-2625 (3rd Circuit, Jun 26,2024) Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

In this non-precedential ruling, the Third Circuit affirmed the decisions of the District and Bankruptcy Courts annulling the automatic stay and dismissing the pro se debtors’ civil action...

Judge(s):

JORDAN, PHILLPS and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges

Tag(s):

• 3rd Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Automatic Stay
• Fraudulent Transfers
• Practice and Procedure
• Venue/Jurisdiction
• Personal Bankruptcy Topics
• Consumer Bankruptcy
• Real Estate
• 11 U.S.C. 362(k); 28 U.S.C. 157(a)

Ricky Hughes v. Wisconsin Central, Ltd.

• Summarized by Amir Shachmurove , Brown Rudnick LLP
• 6 months 1 week ago

Citation:

23-1410 (8th Circuit, Jun 25,2024) Published

Case Status:

Affirmed in part and Reversed in part

Ruling:

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Circuit) held that Ricky Hughes (DR), a former chapter 13 debtor whose first plan payment dated nearly 10 years earlier, had the standing to...

Judge(s):

Ralph R. Erickson; Michael J. Melloy; and David Stras

Tag(s):

• 8th Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Practice and Procedure
• Venue/Jurisdiction
• Personal Bankruptcy Topics
• Consumer Debt
• Professional Practice Areas
• 11 U.S.C. § 554(d); 11 U.S.C. § 1322(d)(1); 11 U.S.C. § 1327(b); 11 U.S.C. § 1329(a)

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