Affirming the U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern District of Illinois (DC and BC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) found: (1) it lacked jurisdiction to...
Judge(s):
Diane S. Sykes; Joel Flaum; and Michael B. Brennan
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit (BAP) affirmed a bankruptcy court's decision that valued the claim of a couple (CRs) at $458,470 and found it nondischargeable under §...
Judge(s):
Dale L. Somers; Robert H. Jacobvitz; and Janice D. Lloyd
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the grant of appellees' motion for summary judgment as to certain claims and the dismissal of any others by the U.S. Bankruptcy...
In an opinion most of the bankruptcy court's judgment as to a creditor's violation of the automatic stay, but vacating its denial of attorneys' fees based on the "technical" nature of these...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; Julia W. Brand; and Gary A. Spraker
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) dismissed the appeal, filed by Thee Aguila, Inc. (TA), of the denial of its motion for reconsideration of a retroactive stay relief...
Judge(s):
Mary Jo Heston; William J. Lafferty III; and Scott H. Gan
Affirming a grant of summary judgment by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada (BC), the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) agreed with its conclusion as to...
Judge(s):
Scott H. Gan; Laura S. Taylor; and William J. Lafferty III
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) affirmed the denial of an order denying the contempt motion filed by chapter 13 debtor Jerome Perryman (DR) against his ex-wife, Karen Dal Poggetto (PG),...
Judge(s):
Julia W. Brand; Robert J. Faris; and Gary A. Spraker
More than two decades after the shareholders of NationsBank and BankAmerica first filed securities law class actions after these two merged to form Bank of America Corp. (1999) and nearly two...
Judge(s):
James B. Loken; Jane L. Kelly; and Ralph P. Erickson
Confronting a byzantine fact pattern in but the latest aspect of a “multi-forum Whack-a-Mole tournament," the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed a bankruptcy...
Judge(s):
Christopher M. Klein; Laura S. Taylor; and Julia W. Brand
Disposing of an appeal filed by a chapter 13 debtor named "Eric Dutra" (DR), the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Scott H. Gan; and Mary Jo Heston
