The 4th Circuit held that a state court judgment confirming an arbitration award did not preclude plaintiff’s fraudulent transfer claims and alter-ego claims under doctrine of res judicata. With...
BAP of the 9th Circuit affirmed the ruling of the bankruptcy court (C.D. Cal.) granting summary judgment to creditor on an issue of whether debtor should be barred from relitigating the fraud...
The bankruptcy court did not err when dismissing the appellants' second nondischargeability complaint and denying appellants' subsequent motion for reconsideration. The bankruptcy court correctly...
Judge(s):
SALADINO, Chief Judge, DOW and SANBERG, Bankruptcy Judges
Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed order from bankruptcy court finding debt non dischargeable under § 523(a)(2)(A) and (a)(4). Bankruptcy court did not err when it granted...
First Circuit affirmed convictions of defendant who exploited debtors by filing incomplete bankruptcy petitions and promising assistance in their child support payments. First Circuit also vacated...
Tenth Circuit affirmed the judgment of bankruptcy court denying claims for nondischargeability of debt under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(2)(A) and (a)(6), which excepts from discharge any debt obtained “for...
The Fifth Circuit found that "even assuming that Bennett properly requested leave to amend, he did not file a proposed amended complaint in accordance with Local Rule 7015 for the Western District...
Bankruptcy court's order denying debtor a discharge reversed because allowing motion to conform complaint to the evidence was a due process violation in the circumstances.
Because the district court considered all the facts and circumstances of
Weakley’s cases in determining whether he intended to mislead the bankruptcy
court, see id. at 1185, it did not abuse...
