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TALON DIVERSIFIED HOLDINGS INC., ET AL. V FORSYTHE

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Carbo v. Board of Tax Assessors

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Guallini-Indij v. Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Summarizing by Bradley Pearce

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Romeo v. Maney

  • Summarized by Bradley Pearce , Pearce Law PLLC
  • 7 years 11 months ago
Citation:
AZ-17-1215-BLKu (9th Circuit, Mar 23,2018) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed in part and Reversed in part
Ruling:
A bankruptcy court may authorize a Chapter 13 trustee to have access to a debtor's federal, but state, post-petition income tax returns so that the trustee can satisfy his or her statutory duties,...
Judge(s):
BRAND, LAFFERTY and KURTZ, Bankruptcy Judges
Tag(s):

Cadwell v. Kaufman, Englett & Lynd, PLLC

  • Summarized by Michael Pugh , Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti, PC
  • 7 years 11 months ago
Citation:
17-10810 (11th Circuit, Mar 30,2018) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
An attorney violates 11 U.S.C. 526(a)(4) if the attorney instructs a client to pay bankruptcy-related legal fees using a credit card. After going through several ways that 11 U.S.C. 526(a)(4) may...
Judge(s):
Carnes, Newsom, and Siler
Tag(s):

Marshall v. Blake

  • Summarized by Daniel Waxman , KEWA Financial Inc.
  • 7 years 11 months ago
Citation:
17-2809 (7th Circuit, Mar 22,2018) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
1. The Circuit Court had jurisdiction over the "direct appeal" because (i) the Bankruptcy Court certified that the order "involved" a question of law that warranted a direct appeal and the Circuit...
Judge(s):
Flaum, Bauer, and Manion
Tag(s):

Clark v. AII Acquisition, LLC

  • Summarized by Joel Levitin , Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
  • 7 years 11 months ago
Citation:
17-1727-cv (2nd Circuit, Mar 30,2018) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
(1) Standard for review of district court's invocation of judicial estoppel doctrine is abuse of discretion. (2) District court abused discretion in dismissing personal injury case on the basis of...
Judge(s):
Jacobs, Calabresi, and Chen
Tag(s):

Lowe v. Deberry, et al.

  • Summarized by Bradley Pearce , Pearce Law PLLC
  • 7 years 12 months ago
Citation:
17-50315 (5th Circuit, Mar 07,2018) Published
Case Status:
Reversed
Ruling:
The proceeds from the post-petition sale of a house that was exempt on the petition date are likewise exempt and cannot be recovered by the debtor's trustee. The six month reinvestment safe harbor...
Judge(s):
HIGGINBOTHAM, SOUTHWICK, COSTA
Tag(s):

Anderson v. Credit One Bank, N.A.

  • Summarized by Wayne Greenwald , Jacobs, PC, Greenwald, P.C.
  • 7 years 12 months ago
Citation:
16 ‐ 2496 (2nd Circuit, Mar 07,2018) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
Affirmed order denying arbitration of debtor's class action claim alleging violation of discharge injunction.. Court found arbitration of a claim based on an alleged violation of Section 524(a)(2)...
Judge(s):
Pooler and Droney, Circuit Judges , and Ramos District Judge .
Tag(s):

Janvey v. Romero

  • Summarized by John Bollinger , Boleman Law Firm, PC
  • 8 years 1 week ago
Citation:
.17-1197 (4th Circuit, Feb 21,2018) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The Fourth Circuit ultimately found that the Bankruptcy Court did not abuse it's discretion. The Bankruptcy Court concluded that the Debtor's decision to file for bankruptcy did not rise to the...
Judge(s):
Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judge Harris joined
Tag(s):

Chamberlain v. Chamberlain

  • Summarized by Alexandra Schnapp , U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Georgia
  • 8 years 1 week ago
Citation:
No. 17-1121 (10th Circuit, Feb 20,2018) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The debtor's obligation to pay his children’s college expenses qualified as a “domestic support obligation.” In making this determination, the bankruptcy court properly looked to 1) the...
Judge(s):
Lucero, Bacharach, and Moritz
Tag(s):

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