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
Creditor's Counsel's law firm and Counsel personally liable for violation of discharge injunction by continuing garnishment proceedings on discharged debt and failing to return improperly garnished...
Judge(s):
Croom, Wise and Dales (concurringin part and dissenting in part)
In a non-bankruptcy opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the dismissal of a complaint for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) for...
Judge(s):
Kenneth F. Ripple; Michael S. Kanne; and Ilana K. D. Rovner
The BAP reversed the bankruptcy court's decision which denied the creditors' request to garnish funds held by the Chapter 13 Trustee post-dismissal, and the BAP remanded the matter to allow the...
The Tenth Circuit’s Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) held that the 1881 Barton doctrine, designed, at least in the Tenth Circuit, to ensure other courts do not intervene in an estate’s...
Judge(s):
Michael E. Romero; Dale L. Somers; and Cathleen D. Parker
The Eleventh Circuit held that a jury should decide whether Losch's claims that Experian negligently, but not willfully, violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to take reasonable...
The bankruptcy court’s factual determinations are supported by the record and Tracey Nubia (“Debtor”) has not shown that the court clearly erred in valuing her residence.
Judge(s):
Honorable Gan, Klein and Taylor, Bankruptcy Judges (Hon. Christopher M. Klein sitting by designation)
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
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
