BAP No. SC-15-1222-FJuKi (BAP 9th Cir. Mar. 29, 2016) (unpublished)
Ruling:
The BAP for the 9th Circuit affirmed the ruling of the bankruptcy court (S.D. Cal.) approving a settlement agreement, finding the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in granting the...
Jepson v. Bank of New York Mellon (In re Jepson), Case No. 14-2459 (7th Cir. Mar. 22, 2016)
Ruling:
The Court of Appeals ruled that, under New York law, a debtor-homeowner, does not have standing to challenge the assignment of a note / mortgage based upon the lender's alleged failure to comply...
Summarized by Paul Stewart , Stewart Robbins Brown & Altazan, LLC
10 years 1 month ago
Citation:
No. 14-51079 Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Ruling:
Attorney could not be paid his fees and expenses allocable to an objecting PACA claimant as 7 U.S.C. § 499e(c)(2) requires that buyers of perishable agricultural commodities must hold receivables...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION - Slip Opinion Case No. 15-40864 (5th Cir. Mar. 7, 2016)
Ruling:
REVERSED and REMANDED district court's dismissal (as moot) of an appeal of an order allowing claims against the bankruptcy estate, finding that debtor was "person aggrieved" by the bankruptcy...
Summarized by Mazyar Hedayat , M. Hedayat & Associates, PC
10 years 1 month ago
Citation:
15-1894
Ruling:
Since no final judgment or appealable order was entered by the Bankruptcy Court, the Court of Appeals lacks appellate jurisdiction to review the District Court’s decision.
Judge(s):
WOOD, Chief Judge, EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge, and BRUCE, District Judge
Slater v. U.S. Steel Corp., No. 12-15548 (11th Cir. Feb. 24, 2016)
Ruling:
The ruling consists of 2 important parts: (i) a 32 page per curiam decision affirming the District Court and (ii) a 78 page concurrence by Judge Tjoflat encouraging the 11th Circuit to revisit...
Judge(s):
Tjoflat; Pryor; Scola (District Judge sitting by designation from the S.D. Fla.)
Summarized by Mazyar Hedayat , M. Hedayat & Associates, PC
10 years 2 months ago
Citation:
14-3585
Ruling:
The Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court's reversal of the Bankruptcy Court's refusal to sanction the Debtor's exemption; concluding that the plain language of the Illinois personal...
In re Robinson, Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit 2016 (unpublished)
Ruling:
The plain language of the Illinois personal property exemption statute does not impose a dollar-value limitation on the items available for exemption, and a debtor is therefore not precluded from...
Stubbs & Perdue, P.A. v. Angell (In re Anderson, Jr.), Case No. 15-1316 (4th Cir. Jan. 26, 2016).
Ruling:
Affirming the district court, the Fourth Circuit held that the bankruptcy court correctly interpreted/applied Landgraf v. USI Film Products, 511 U.S. 244 (1994), to find that the version of 11...
