Bankruptcy Court correctly confirmed Arbitration Award and District Court correctly affirmed Bankruptcy Court. Arbitration award correctly entered and entitled to confirmation and enforcement.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) found a post-petition order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (DC) deeming a predecessor-in-interest to Censo LLC...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Laura S. Taylor; and Robert J. Faris
Debtor may amend his schedules to claim an exemption in sale proceeds of real property after the interest was sold by the bankruptcy trustee, under circumstances where the Debtor did not conceal...
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the the bankruptcy court's denial of a chapter 7 debtor's motion to convert her case to chapter 13 based on findings that she was ineligible to...
Creditor did not violate stay by seeking state court award of child support but did violate stay by asking state court to order Debtor to pay without limiting source of payment to post-petition...
Sixth Circuit BAP reversed Bankruptcy Court's holding that the penalty imposed on a taxpayer under the Affordable Care Act (26 U.S.C. Sec. 5000A) ("ACA") was not a tax on or measured by income but...
Judge(s):
Croom, Dales (dissenting) and Stout (opinion author)
Hearing consolidated appeals arising from two chapter 13 cases that presented solely legal issues, with one dissent, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit (BAP) reversed the...
Affirming the bankruptcy court, the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (the “BAP”) held that the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion when it found that Appellee’s...
Judge(s):
Hon. Scott H. Gann; Hon. Julia W. Brand; Hon. Gary A. Spraker (U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, Ninth Circuit). Appeal from a ruling by Hon. Joseph M. Meier (Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Idaho)
Finding no error and hence no abuse of discretion, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon (BC) awarding...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (BC): (1) denying motions for a case's...