Affirming the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts (BC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Circuit) for the first time formally extended its preexisting...
Judge(s):
Jeffrey R. Howard; Kermit V. Lipez; and Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson
The BAP affirmed the decision to allow the UST leave to amend the complaint, because the amended complaint related back to the original complaint under FRBP 7015. The additional objection to...
The 9th Circuit BAP affirmed the bankruptcy court's orders striking the debtor's answer as a sanction for failure to comply with the court's order to show cause and entry of a default judgment...
BAP for 8th Cir. affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (D. Neb.) granting debtors' motion for summary judgment on creditor's 11 USC 523 suit. There were no genuine issues of material fact and debtors...
Pension-plan plaintiffs poured out. Fifth Circuit affirmed District Court's summary judgment for defendant entities that provided administrative and lending services to a now-bankrupt hedge fund. ...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the orders granting relief from the automatic stay and dismissing his case issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; Gary A. Spraker; and Scott H. Gan
Affirming the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC), the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) saw no error in its inferring of the verboten intent in a...
Judge(s):
Scott H. Gan; William J. Lafferty III; and Robert J. Faris
Affirming the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held: (1) the one-time distribution of assets of two spendthrift trusts (Trsts) for which the debtor...
Judge(s):
Stephanie K. Seymour; Jane L. Kelly; and Scott M. Matheson Jr.
Affirming the BAP, the circuit court concluded that a retirement account (RA) was held as a tenancy by the entirety by the Debtor (DR) and his wife and thus properly exempt per Wyoming law, status...
Judge(s):
Timothy M. Tymkovich; Mary B. Briscoe; and Robert E. Bacharach
The U.S. 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 claim and issue preclusion barred...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; Scott H. Gan; and Christopher M. Klein
