The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Panel) affirmed the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s affirmance of rejection of a debtor’s attempt, after her chapter 13 case’s conversion to a...
Judge(s):
Consuelo M. Callahan; Richard C. Tallman; and Kenneth K. Lee
The U.S. Bankruptcy appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit (BAP) reversed the denial of two chapter 7 debtors’ exemption claim, pursuant to section 522 of the Code and New Mexico state law, in the...
Judge(s):
Michael E. Romero; Dale L. Somers; and Cathleen D. Parker
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the dismissal of an involuntary case filed by a creditor by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California...
Where a decision whether to allow or disallow a claim could have preclusive effect in future litigation, an appeal of that decision is not moot despite the administrative bankruptcy case having...
Judge(s):
Honorable Lafferty, Faris, and Taylor, Bankruptcy Judges
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the dismissal of an adversary complaint by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri (BC), that had sought...
Judge(s):
Raymond W. Gruender; William D. Benton; and Bobby E. Shepherd
Affirming the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts (BC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Circuit) for the first time formally extended its preexisting...
Judge(s):
Jeffrey R. Howard; Kermit V. Lipez; and Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson
The bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion by relying exclusively on the schedules to calculate chapter 13 Debtor's eligibility. The BAP also rejected Appellant’s argument that the...
Judge(s):
Honorable Spraker, Gan, and Faris, Bankruptcy Judges
Reviewing the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado (BC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed its dismissal of a debtor’s adversary...
Judge(s):
Jerome A. Holmes; Carolyn B. McHugh; and Nancy L. Moritz
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California (BC) sustaining an exemption objection...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Julia W. Brand; and Laura S. Taylor
"Mutuality," as that term is used in 553 of the Bankruptcy Code, is a distinct statutory requirement that cannot be expanded by contractual or state law concepts of setoff. "Mutuality" means only...
