The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Washington (BC) denying a creditor’s motion for...
The plaintiff's failure to serve a summons on a defendant in a defendant in an adversary proceeding as required by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7004(e), and failure to timely cure his failure to properly...
Sustaining the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s affirmance of the bankruptcy court’s summary judgment grant, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Circuit) held malpractice claims...
Judge(s):
Richard F. Suhrheinrich; Bernice B. Donald; and Eric E. Murphy
Affirming the district court’s reversal of the decision of the bankruptcy court (BC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) held that a debtor (DR) with two...
Judge(s):
Priscilla R. Owen; Jacques L. Wiener Jr.; and James L. Dennis
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the order, of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (BC), denying relief requested by the debtor,...
Judge(s):
Anita L. Shodeen; Kathleen H. Sandberg; and Dennis R. Dow
5th Cir. affirmed District Court (SD Tx.) denial of Rule 60(b)(6) motion to set aside judgment. Appellant did not seek relief under Rule 60(b)(1) for attorney's failure to appear at hearing; Rule...
Two of the appellant's appeals were dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because the lower court had not yet entered a final, appealable order. The remaining appeals were denied, and the district...
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the award of attorneys' fees and costs to debtors for the violation of the automatic stay by a creditor. The BAP...
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah (BC), itself previously confirmed...
Judge(s):
Carlos F. Lucero; Jerome A. Holmes; and Allison H. Eid
Affirming the lower court’s grant of summary judgment to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Circuit) held that the termination of a...
Judge(s):
Eugene E. Siler Jr.; Julia S. Gibbons; and John B. Nalbandian
