The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the judgment of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) that two chapter 7 debtors in a joint case -...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; William J. Lafferty III; and Laura S. Taylor;
The bankruptcy court correctly ruled that it did not have jurisdiction over a former debtor's claims relating to fees owed by the debtor who, as a prisoner, filed petitions in forma pauperis. Under...
The Sixth Circuit B.A.P. affirmed the bankruptcy court's summary judgment order declaring debt to be nondischargeable on the basis of embezzlement and/or larceny. The Court held that although both...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the ruling of the district court deeming an arbitrator's binding award of half the increase in value of the retirement savings...
Judge(s):
David F. Hamilton; Diane S. Sykes; and Michael S. Kanne
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's denial of the debtor's motion to enforce the discharge injunction based on the holding that the interest at issue was a...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit (BAP) found no abuse of discretion in the "common-sense" decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado (BC) to order...
Judge(s):
Terrence L. Michael; Cathleen D. Parker; and William T. Thurman
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) upheld as proper the dismissal by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (BC) of claims, as set forth in...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; Robert J. Faris; and Scott H. Gan
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP): (1) affirmed the denial by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) of a motion to reopen a dormant case...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; Robert J. Faris; and Scott H. Gan
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Circuit) held that Roth Individual Retirement Accounts (Roth IRAs), like customary Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and 401(k) accounts, are...
Judge(s):
Charles R. Wilson; Barbara Lagoa; and Edward E. Carnes
The bankruptcy court did not err in finding that Lawrence intended to defraud Frost by perpetuating a fraudulent conveyance scheme and that Lawrence committed actual fraud actionable under §...
Judge(s):
Owen, Chief Judge, and Jones and Wilson, Circuit Judges
