The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. Despite the creditor not having an equity interest on the petition date; creditor's claim had sufficient...
Judge(s):
Consuelo M. Callahan, Paul J. Watford, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges
Affirmed. Writing on an issue of first impression in the Ninth Circuit, the BAP Panel held that application of the Section 523(a)(8)(A)(ii) student loan discharge exception requires the debtor to...
Official Comm. of Unsecured Creditors v. Baldwin (In re Lemington Home for the Aged), Case No. 13-2707 (3d Cir. Feb. 23, 2015)
Ruling:
Petition for rehearing by the merits panel and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, en banc, is denied. In a separate opinion concurring in the denial of the petition for rehearing, four Circuit...
Judge(s):
McKee, Chief Judge; Rendell; Ambro; Fuentes; Smith; Fisher; Chagares; Jordan; Hardiman; Greenaway, Jr.; Vanaskie; Shwartz and Krause; Jordan (concurring, joined by Rendell, Ambro and Krause)
Dalzell, et al. v. RP Steamboat Springs, LLC, et al., No. 13-1440 (10th Cir. Mar. 24, 2015)
Ruling:
The 10th Circuit, voting 2-1 (J. Lucero dissenting), affirmed the judgment of the U.S. District Court (D. Colo.) finding that developer of master-planned subdivision was not liable under the...
Gerard v. Gerard, No. 14-1496 (7th Cir. Mar. 12, 2015)
Ruling:
The 7th Circuit reversed the U.S. District Court (E.D. Wis.), which had affirmed the bankruptcy court's entry of judgment of nondischargeability under 11 USC 523(a)(6)(willful and malicious injury)...
BancInsure, Inc. v. Highland Bank, No. 13-3324 (8th Cir. March 3, 2015)
Ruling:
The 8th Circuit affirmed the ruling of the U.S. District Court (D. Minn.) granting summary judgment in favor of an insurer for denying coverage to a claimant. The 8th Circuit agreed that under...
Summarized by Bryan Robinson , Law Offices of Bryan Robinson
11 years 3 months ago
Citation:
Lei v. Yan (In re Yan), 9th Cir. B.A.P (NC-14-1266-JuTaPa), February 26, 2015 [Not for Publication]
Ruling:
In an unpublished opinion the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the 9th Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court’s denial of creditor motion seeking damages for violations of the automatic stay under...
The BAP affirmed a bankruptcy court order that declined to amend its findings relating to the "manipulation of the books and records" by an insider creditor of the Debtor, which finding was made in...
Kitron, et al. v. Valley Health System (In re Valley Health System), BAP No. CC-11-1100-DPaTa (BAP 9th Cir. Feb. 24, 2015)
Ruling:
The BAP for the 9th Circuit affirmed the ruling of the bankruptcy court dismissing under Rule 12 suit commenced by creditors against chapter 9 debtor and other parties. BAP agreed that appellants'...
In re Wegesend, No. HI-14-1236-KuJuKi (9th Cir. B.A.P. Feb. 20, 2015).
Ruling:
Bankruptcy court improperly granted motion to dismiss, treated as motion for summary judgment, without giving nonmovant opportunity for discovery. (Not-for-publication memorandum.)
Judge(s):
Frank L. Kurtz, Meredith A. Jury, and Ralph B. Kirscher, Bankruptcy Judges.
