Ettinger and Associates, LLC v. Miller (In re Miller), Case No. 12-3151 and 12-3152
Ruling:
In this precedential opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the District Court's order reversing a Bankruptcy Court's award of sanctions under Rule 9011 for failure to comply with the Rule's "safe...
BAP No. MB 12-081 (1st Cir. B.A.P. September 11, 2013).
Ruling:
In a brief ruling, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel concluded that the bankruptcy court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of plaintiff on the nondischargeability of its claim under 11...
Affirming the United States Bankruptcy Court (“BC”), the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (“BAP”) for the First Circuit affirmed the BC’s order discharging the debtor and denying the debtor’s...
Judge(s):
Lamoutte, Haines, and Deasy, United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judges.
Weinstein v. Federal National Mortgage Association, et al. (In re Weinstein), BAP No. CO-13-017 (10th Cir. BAP October 15, 2013)
Ruling:
The 10th Circuit BAP affirmed the bankruptcy court's (District of Colorado) denial of Chapter 7 debtor's motion for extension of time to file a notice of appeal. The BAP ruled that debtor failed to...
Summarized by Michael Sugar , Commonwealth of Massachusetts
12 years 9 months ago
Citation:
13-9001 (1st Cir. August 26, 2013)
Ruling:
The appeals court upheld the Bankruptcy Court's determination that David O'Donnell's (the "Debtor") debt to Thomas Toye III ("Toye") was nondischargeable. The Bankruptcy Court had held that the...
Summarized by Bryan Robinson , Law Offices of Bryan Robinson
12 years 9 months ago
Citation:
In re Conway, 8th Cir. B.A.P. No. 13-6016 (August 21, 2013)
Ruling:
Reversed: The 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, after a de novo review, reversed the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri's ruling, that Ms. Conway's private loans were...
In the unpublished decision; the 9th Cir. BAP vacated the Bankruptcy Court's ruling that LBS's debt was not excepted from discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Sec. 523(a)(6). The BAP remanded the...
Summarized by David Hercher , U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Oregon
12 years 9 months ago
Citation:
Carpenters Pension Trust Fund for Northern California v. Michael Gordon Moxley, aka MGM's Cabinet Installation Services, No. 11-16133 (9th Cir. Aug. 20, 2013)
Ruling:
The claim under ERISA of a multiemployer pension fund against an individual chapter 7 debtor-employer for amounts due after the debtor withdrew from a multiemployer bargaining agreement is not...
Judge(s):
Mary M. Schroeder and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges, and Sarah S. Vance, Chief District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, sitting by designation. Opinion by Judge Schroeder.
The 9th Circuit BAP upheld a Bankruptcy Court's determination that a prior California state court decision concerning breach of fiduciary duty was issue preclusive on whether Debtor was not...
BAP No. NC-12-1425-JuTaPa, appealed from Bk. No. 12-42231-WJL
Ruling:
BAP affirmed bankruptcy court ruling that ex-wife creditor's $245,000 claim against her Chapter 13 Debtor ex-husband was not entitled to priority under 11 USC section 507(a)(1)(A), but rather was a...
