The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah’s approval of a settlement between the chapter 7 trustee and the Debtor’s estranged...
There is no bright-line rule providing that only purely factual or transcription errors in a consumer credit report, as opposed to “legal errors”, are actionable under the FCRA, and no...
The Sixth Circuit affirmed, ruling that the “Shared Responsibility Payment” for individuals who did not purchase qualifying individual health insurance plans as required by the Affordable Care...
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court and district court's (W.D. Tex) ruling that a "disclaimer" contained in an arbitration award did not inhibit the award's preclusive effect based on...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Tenth Circuit (the “BAP”) affirmed the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado's dismissal of an adversary proceeding, where the Debtor failed to...
Affirming the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (BC), the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) discerned no error in its avoidance of the judicial...
Affirming the denial of the motion to compel abandonment of the estate's interest in her home by Machele Goetz (Goetz) by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri (BC), the...
Judge(s):
Shon Hastings; Michael E. Ridgway; and Anita L. Shodeen
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (BC) denying a creditor's motion for ...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (DC) dismissing, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil...
Judge(s):
Stephanie D. Davis; Jeffrey Sutton; and Joan Larsen
Agreeing with the U.S. Bankruptcy and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois (BC and DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) found no error in the...
Judge(s):
Michael B. Brennan; Michael Y. Scudder; and Thomas Kirsch