Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. "... the Trustee has failed to demonstrate a genuine dispute of material fact on the issue of whether SunTrust owed IPG [the debtor] any...
Judge(s):
Before DUNCAN and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and Leonie M. BRINKEMA, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.
The 9th Circuit reversed the district court’s dismissal for lack of standing of an appeal from a bankruptcy court order that authorized a Chapter 7 trustee to assume an executory contract, where...
Judge(s):
A. Wallace Tashima and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges, and Matthew F. Kennelly, District Judge
The BAP affirmed the bankruptcy court's orders (1) ruling that the debtor had failed to timely make an oral motion to assume a lease, (2) denying the use of its powers under section 105(a) to grant...
In a per curiam opinion, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the "thorough, well-reasoned opinions" of the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court that the Debtor, Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., could...
Judge(s):
Circuit Judges Thacker and Harris and Senior Circuit Judge Shedd.
In an opinion decided by quorum due to Judge Posner's retirement, the Court found that the plain language of the subject lease permitted the City to retain structures and improvements on City...
As trustees are government officials, the doctrine of "qualified immunity" applies to discretionary actions taken by a trustee to preserve the estate's assets. "Qualified immunity" shields...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the order of the district court affirming the bankruptcy court’s decision that a bankruptcy trustee’s sale of a debtor’s property was free and...
(1)Bankruptcy court had post-confirmation jurisdiction to adjudicate dispute over interpretation of contract assumed by debtor during bankruptcy-if Netflix had been permitted to stream films before...
Judge(s):
Reena Raggi and Raymond J. Lohler, Jr., Circuit Judges, and Joan M. Azrack, District Judge for E.D.N.Y. sitting by designation
The appeal of the bankruptcy's denial of the debtors' motion to assume and assign automobile dealership agreements was moot because, among other reasons, the assignment would require the proposed...
