Seeking to clarify the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, the Third Circuit explained that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine applied to preclude federal courts, other than the Supreme Court, from entering any...
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s order affirming the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of the debtor’s complaint objecting to a proof of claim. The Eleventh Circuit held that the...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's order granting in rem relief from the automatic stay in favor of a mortgage creditor so it could sell a house based on...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a bankruptcy court's award of monetary sanctions under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 against Appellant, a non-attorney pro se litigant. Appellant...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held a bankruptcy court erred in excluding a key witness's deposition testimony at trial. The witness, who was scheduled to testify over multiple...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a district court's dismissal of a bankruptcy appeal for failure to comply with Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 8009 because the...
In a very short opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court's dismissal of an appeal of a settlement, which included a sale approved under 11 U.S.C. §...
The United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit overturned a bankruptcy court’s orders denying a lien avoidance motion and dismissing a related adversary proceeding. On the...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (BC) to dismiss two debtors chapter 13 case,...
Judge(s):
Shon Hastings; Cynthia A. Norton; and Katherine A. Constantine
In the context of a debtor's right to exempt their homestead, a bankruptcy court may not make an adverse inference against the debtor even if the debtor purchased new property before bankruptcy and...
Judge(s):
HASTINGS, Chief Judge, SURRATT-STATES AND CONSTANTINE, Bankruptcy Judges
