Over a dissent, the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit dismissed an appeal from an order approving a Chapter 7 Trustee's free-and-clear sale of a debtor's half-interest in real...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit held a bankruptcy court erred as a matter of law in finding that a creditor's claim for damages was not a "personal injury tort" claim for...
A bankruptcy court imposed sanctions due to litigation conduct that was in bad faith, vexatious, and harassing. Specifically, the court dismissed an adversary proceeding brought by the plaintiff,...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, reversing a district court, held a bankruptcy court correctly rejected a request to bar a debtor's discharge for making a knowing and fraudulent...
As had the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Circuit) affirmed orders issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the...
Judge(s):
David J. Porter; Tamika Montgomery-Reeves; and Jane Richards Roth
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held (1) it lacked jurisdiction to review a bankruptcy court's decision to permissively abstain; (2) the appellant waived any due process argument...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court properly granted a motion to clarify or amend a prior order granting stay relief when the debtor's spouse, at a...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in granting a summary judgment against a chapter 7 Trustee on a claim to avoid a post-petition transfer...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit discerned no error in the orders of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon (BC) overruling the objections of Rita K....
Judge(s):
Frederick P. Corbit; Robert J. Faris; and Julia W. Brand
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...
