Presented with a creditor (CR) seeking to avoid the discharge of debt allegedly caused by a nondebtor spouse's fraud, the BAP found that the CR's non-dischargeability complaint had been...
Judge(s):
Scott H. Gan; Christopher M. Klein; and Laura S. Taylor
The priority cap for employee benefit plan claims in 11 U.S.C. § 507(a)(5) is determined on a plan-by-plan basis, even if the same union is the sponsor for two or more plans. Section 507(a)(5)'s...
Finding no error in the ruling, made by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota (BC), on the amount of damages owed to Madison Resource Funding Corp. (Madison) by Jerry Marsh...
Judge(s):
Charles L. Nail, Jr.; Barry S. Schermer; and Thomas L. Saladino
In this latest chapter of a long-running dispute over farmland (Property) once owned by John and Lorie Finstad (Finstads)—and their second federal appeal involving that parcel’s ownership—the...
Judge(s):
James B. Loken; William D. Benton; and Jane L. Kelly
Remanding to the Bankruptcy Court for District of Minnesota (BC), the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit (BAP) first vacate the BC's ruling denying a creditor's objection to the...
Judge(s):
Charles L. Nail, Jr.; Barry S. Schermer; and Thomas L. Saladino
BAP for 9th Cir. affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (CD Cal.). denying chapter 13 debtor's (1) motion for sanctions against tax collector and mortgage servicer; (2) motion to vacate order denying...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit found no error in the decision of the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California (BC) to deny a discharge to Sean P. Nevett (SPN)...
Discerning no clear error in the post-trial factual findings of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado (BC), the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit (BAP) affirmed its...
Judge(s):
Tom R. Cornish; Terrence L. Michael; and Sarah A. Hall
Echoing a similar ruling in a separate case, the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed orders (1) overruling the objection by Carol Lee DePuydt-Meier (DR) to a proof...
Judge(s):
Gary A. Spraker; Robert J. Faris; and Julia W. Brand
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the bankruptcy court’s order granting the motion to dismiss the third amended complaint of Kimberly Franklin (DR) against U.S....
