After voluntary dismissal, Chapters 13 debtors were entitled to the proceeds from the sale of homestead that had lost its exempt status. Proceeds that were acquired post-petition vested in the...
A debtor's right to convert to chapter 11 from chapter 7 pursuant to Section 706(a) is limited by subsection (d). Thus, a debtor's right to convert is expressly conditioned on his ability to...
Sixth Circuit ruled that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine applies on a claim-by-claim basis and, if the source of the injury is the state court decision, then the court is barred from asserting...
Judge(s):
Batchelder, Gilman and Rogers, Circuit Court Judges
BAP for 10th Circuit affirmed defense verdict of bankruptcy court (D. Utah) in favor of debtor-defendant on creditors' 11 USC 727 and 523 claims. Creditors failed to prove elements of claims...
BAP for 9th Circuit affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (D. Az.) granting chapter 7 trustee's motion to approve compromise over debtor's objection. Debtor's pending appeal of prepetition entry of...
Disagreeing with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in In re Rosenfeld,
23 F.3d 833 (4th Cir. 1994), the Ninth Circuit held that post-petition condominium association...
Judge(s):
SMITH, MURGUIA, and EDUARDO C. ROBRENO (E.D. Pa., sitting by designation)
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's (E.D. Ky.) dismissal of the debtor’s undue hardship student loan complaint because the debtor failed to state...
BAP for 9th Circuit dismissed appeals based on lack of jurisdiction. Time to appeal under FRBP 8002(d)(1)(B) was statutory and jurisdictional, not "mandatory claim-processing rule," i.e.,...
Because the district court considered all the facts and circumstances of
Weakley’s cases in determining whether he intended to mislead the bankruptcy
court, see id. at 1185, it did not abuse...
