In a non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit held that, under Texas law, a landlord and tenant-assignee cannot amend a lease to increase the tenant-assignor’s liability under the lease unless...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the decision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida (BC) concluding that the individual...
Judge(s):
William H. Pryor Jr.; Jill A. Pryor; and Stanley Marcus
In the latest installment of a long-running family saga, one family member's argument that an order approving a trustee's sale of real estate and preserving the "liens, claims, and encumbrances"...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Circuit) dismissed the appeals of the memorandum and order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa (DC) by two...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to disallow or recharacterize a claim. A significant problem the appellant...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (DC) for the same reasons cited by the latter in its order...
Judge(s):
Paul J, Kelly Jr.; Scott Matheson Jr.; and Allison H. Eid
Even though LAP failed to list Raymond James as a creditor when it filed for bankruptcy, Raymond James is nevertheless subject to the confirmation plan because of its actual knowledge of the...
1) Under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, a state-court judgment creditor is not guaranteed an allowed claim for the state-court judgment once the debtor files for bankruptcy relief. The state court...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) dismissed as equitably moot an appeal of the order confirming the liquidating plan of Artesian Future Technology, LLC (AFT) and...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit discerned no error in the orders of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon (BC) overruling the objections of Rita K....
Judge(s):
Frederick P. Corbit; Robert J. Faris; and Julia W. Brand
