The U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: (1) affirmed financial sanctions ordered by the bankruptcy court and ratified by the district court on doctors who asserted causes of action placed...
Judge(s):
Jerry E. Smith; Patrick E. Higginbotham; and James C. Ho
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's denial of the debtor's motion to enforce the discharge injunction based on the holding that the interest at issue was a...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit (BAP) found no abuse of discretion in the "common-sense" decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado (BC) to order...
Judge(s):
Terrence L. Michael; Cathleen D. Parker; and William T. Thurman
Concluding that the law of the state of a debtor's prepetition domicile governs an exemption claim, the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit (BAP) reversed the decision of the U.S....
Judge(s):
Cathleen D. Parker; Terrence L. Michael; and William T. Thurman
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada (BC) to: (1) dismiss with prejudice the adversary...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) upheld as proper the dismissal by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (BC) of claims, as set forth in...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; Robert J. Faris; and Scott H. Gan
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP): (1) affirmed the denial by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) of a motion to reopen a dormant case...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; Robert J. Faris; and Scott H. Gan
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Circuit) held that Roth Individual Retirement Accounts (Roth IRAs), like customary Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and 401(k) accounts, are...
Judge(s):
Charles R. Wilson; Barbara Lagoa; and Edward E. Carnes
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel reversed the bankruptcy court's decision to award attorneys' fees to the debtor under Nevada state law based on debtor's successful objection to a...
The BAP affirmed the bankruptcy court's ruling sustaining the trustee's objections to: (1) the state's claim that a nonprofit, not the debtor, should recover the remaining tax settlement funds, and...
