Resolving consolidated appeals by A&D Property Consultants LLC (AD) of a decision by the circuit's bankruptcy appellate panel (BAP) affirming two bankruptcy court (BC) orders, the U.S. Court of...
Judge(s):
Sidney R. Thomas; Eric D. Miller; and Richard D. Bennett
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the dismissal of the decision of the circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) to affirm the partial dismissal of an adversary...
Judge(s):
Sidney R. Thomas; Gabriel P. Sanchez; and Consuelo Callahan
Reviewing a non-bankruptcy judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) held an original mortgagee's...
Judge(s):
Candace Jackson-Akiwumi; Diane Wood; and Thomas Kirsch
As had the tria, court below, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed orders issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada (BC) that denied the claim of...
Judge(s):
Mary H. Murguia; Salvador Mendoza Jr.; and Ana de Alba
In this non-bankruptcy opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (DC) not to award a...
Judge(s):
Leslie H. Southwick; James L. Dennis; and Carl E. Stewart
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held the "safe harbor" of 11 U.S.C. § 546(e), which shields from avoidance certain transfers made “in connection with a securities contract,”...
The claim of Huntington National Bank (HNB) against its insurer for the denial of insurance coverage for HNB's settlement of a fraudulent transfer proceeding brought by the bankruptcy trustee of a...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the grant of summary judgment to Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai) by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
for the Central District of...
Judge(s):
Frederick P. Corbit; Robert J. Faris; and William J. Lafferty III
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the judgment of the circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) concluding that it lacked jurisdiction over appeals of orders of...
Judge(s):
Joel M. Carson III; Allison H. Eid; and Veronica S. Rossman
Applying a circuit rule--that a contempt order that contemplates imposing attorneys’ fees as a contempt sanction but does not specify the amount of any award is not a final, appealable order; the...
Judge(s):
Robin S. Rosenbaum; Elizabeth L. Branch; and Andrew L. Brasher
