The bankruptcy court (BC), the Third Circuit (Panel) resolved, had misapplied the framework limned in a prior circuit opinion for analyzing the nature of the provided services of some insurers to...
Judge(s):
Julio M. Fuentes; Peter J. Phipps; and Cheryl A. Krause
Albeit agreeing with the district court that it (as well as itself) had statutory subject matter jurisdiction, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Panel) concluded that the district...
Judge(s):
James B. Loken; Steven L. Grasz; and Jonathan A. Kobes
In a two-part opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Panel) held that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) does not preempt a bankrupt entity's creditor's state...
Judge(s):
Michael S. Kanne; Ilana K. D. Rovner; and David F. Hamilton
Affirming the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held: (1) the one-time distribution of assets of two spendthrift trusts (Trsts) for which the debtor...
Judge(s):
Stephanie K. Seymour; Jane L. Kelly; and Scott M. Matheson Jr.
Affirming the lower court’s grant of summary judgment to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Circuit) held that the termination of a...
Judge(s):
Eugene E. Siler Jr.; Julia S. Gibbons; and John B. Nalbandian
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Washington (BC) that the debtors had not defaulted under...
Former members of the board of directors of a Nevada corporation, who had been removed by the receiver for the corporation, did not have standing under Nevada law to file a bankruptcy petition on...
Judge(s):
Graber, Tallman, and Ivan L.R. Lemelle (Senior District Judge, E.D. La., sitting by designation)
The Court of Appeals vacated the District Court's sanction order, and remanded to impose a new sanction. Under Pennsylvania law, tenants by the entirety legally are treated as one person, and...
Judge(s):
Geenaway, Jr., Krause, Circuit Judges, and Jones, District Judge sitting by designation.
Fifth Circuit affirmed bankruptcy court (SD Miss) on direct appeal of order dismissing chapter 11 case based on failure to obtain shareholder consent for bankruptcy. Federal law does not prevent...
