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WILLIAM F. KAETZ V. ECMC; EXPERIAN; TRANSUNION; EQUIFAX

  • Summarized by Stephen Falanga , Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP
  • 1 year 11 months ago
Citation:
No. 23-2897 (3rd Circuit, Jun 18,2024) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
In this non-precedential per curiuam opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the decision of the District Court dismissing the pro se debtor, William Kaetz's, complaint against a student loan servicer...
Judge(s):
JORDAN, RESTREPO, and FREEMAN, Circuit Judges
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In re: RONALD WILLIAM KIPPS

Citation:
23-2307 & 23-2308 (3rd Circuit, May 07,2024) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
As had the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Circuit) affirmed orders issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the...
Judge(s):
David J. Porter; Tamika Montgomery-Reeves; and Jane Richards Roth
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IN RE: TIFFANY D. SMITH

Citation:
22-3418 (3rd Circuit, May 22,2024) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
Res judicata applies to a chapter 13 plan that is later properly modified so that creditors cannot appeal previously determined matters that were not altered by the modified plan. Thus, res...
Judge(s):
JORDAN, BIBAS, and PORTER
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Marilyn Marshall v. Edward Johnson

Citation:
22-04449 (7th Circuit, May 03,2024) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
Joining the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Tenth Circuits, whose decisions the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois (BC) had followed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for...
Judge(s):
Thomas Kirsch; Frank Easterbrook; and Diane S. Sykes
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Ronald Morgan v. Daniel Bruton

  • Summarized by Jennifer Lyday , Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC
  • 2 years 1 month ago
Citation:
No. 22-1964 (4th Circuit, Apr 17,2024) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The Fourth Circuit held that "property owned as a tenancy by the entirety may not be exempted from an individual debtor’s bankruptcy estate under 11 U.S.C. § 522(b)(3)(B) to the extent of the...
Judge(s):
Circuit Judge Toby J. Heytens, Circuit Judge DeAndrea Gist Benjamin, and Elizabeth W. Hanes, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.
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The Alabama Creditors v. Rodney Dixon Dorand

Citation:
22-14113 (11th Circuit, Mar 14,2024) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
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
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Machele Goetz v. Victor Weber

  • Summarized by Jaden Banks , Nyemaster Goode, P.C.
  • 2 years 3 months ago
Citation:
No. 23-2491 (8th Circuit, Mar 08,2024) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a post-petition increase in the debtor's equity in property in excess of the applicable homestead exemption, that occurs prior to conversion of the...
Judge(s):
SMITH, GRUENDER, SHEPHERD
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Petro v. Lindquist Consulting Inc.

  • Summarized by David Treacy , U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
  • 2 years 4 months ago
Citation:
No. 22-3051 (3rd Circuit, Feb 07,2024) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a district court's order dismissing Appellant's Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claim against a debt collector Appellee acting on behalf...
Judge(s):
RESTREPO, SCIRICA, and SMITH
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KATE BUFFY DRAKEWYCK v U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

  • Summarized by Leo Weiss , Office of the U.S. Trustee
  • 2 years 4 months ago
Citation:
23-1236 (10th Circuit, Jan 25,2024) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
Circuit Court affirmed the lower courts' dismissal of pro se debtor's adversary proceeding which sought to discharge her student loans for failure to timely effectuate service on the United States...
Judge(s):
Eid, Matheson and Baldock
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John Bari Gilani vs Wynn Las Vegas, L.L.C.

Citation:
23-40477 (5th Circuit, Jan 30,2024) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The Rooker-Feldman doctrine prevents a federal bankruptcy court from reviewing a state court's decision that a debt owed to a casino was not discharged in an individual debtor's chapter 7 case. ...
Judge(s):
Davis, Ho, Ramirez
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