The Seventh Circuit affirmed the rulings below to hold $1.9 million paid by the debtor pre-petition unavoidable under Code § 547(c)(4). The Court found that the Bankruptcy Court reasonably used a...
The Eleventh Circuit revisited its application of the doctrine of equitable estoppel in instances where a debtor fails to disclose claims in connection with a bankruptcy case. Departing from its...
Judge(s):
Ed Carnes, Chief Judge, Tjoflat, Marcus, Wilson, William Pryor, Martin, Jordan, Rosenbaum, Julie Carnes, and Jill Pryor, Circuit Judges
In a sad tale of family discord and proof of the adage that "no good deed goes unpunished," the BAP affirmed the bankruptcy court's judgment that the debtor's obligations to her daughter and...
Judge(s):
DEASY, CARY, FAGONE, United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judges
In a lengthy opinion, the BAP: (1) held that (a) confirmed Chapter 13 plans could not cannot properly provide the debtors with the right to unilaterally modify the plan without notice and court...
A debtor who has avoided dischargeability litigation by a settlement with the plaintiff-creditor cannot rely on weather or other "the dog ate my homework" excuses for his or her failure to strictly...
1) The deadline in Bankruptcy Rule 8002 is jurisdictional. The failure to timely file a notice of appeal deprives the district court or BAP, and the Court of Appeals, of jurisdiction. (2) Filing a...
Section 106(a)(1) abrogates sovereign immunity, allowing bankruptcy trustees to sue the United States under state fraudulent transfer law for prepetition tax payments. Disagreeing with the Seventh...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel found no error or abuse of discretion in any of the orders of the Bankruptcy Court. Therefore affirmed all the issues on Appeal.
In a case with the thinnest of connections to bankruptcy (the owners of the corporate defendant filed for bankruptcy relief; Sara Wenner then was dismissed from the federal ERISA litigation), the...
