The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s decision, finding, among other things, that the district court: (i) did not violate the 6th Amendment’s Confrontation Clause...
Bankruptcy Court's granting of a Rule 9019 settlement was affirmed by the Fifth Circuit. The opinion discusses, in detail, the standards for approving settlement and compromises in the Fifth...
Denial of Rule 60 relief proper when the "new evidence" was available via PACER at the time of trial. Court reiterated its statement in Kunilk v. Racine Cnty., 106 F.3d 168, 174 (7th Cir. 1997),...
Judge(s):
Wood, Chief Judge, and Kanne and Barrett, Circuit Judges
A corporate parent may be held indirectly liable under CERCLA only if the corporate veil separating parent and subsidiary may be pierced under the corporate law of the relevant state. Because...
BAP for 9th Circuit affirmed judgment denying discharge entered by bankruptcy court (C.D. Cal.). Circumstantial evidence and inferences from debtor's conduct established debtor's actual fraudulent...
Bankruptcy court did not err in granting default judgment against debtor/defendant who refused to sit for her deposition in two related adversary proceedings for over five years.
BAP for 9th Circuit affirmed judgment of bankruptcy court (ND Cal.) denying discharge of chapter 7 debtor under 11 USC 727 for knowing and fraudulent oath after debtor failed to disclose he was an...
Bankruptcy court's rulings on issue preclusion, nondischargeability under 523(a)(2)(A), and fees and interest were affirmed in part and vacated and remanded in part.
Sixth Circuit affirmed the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's decision upholding the Bankruptcy Court's granting of a motion for summary judgment in a non-dischargeability case finding that a state trial...
Judge(s):
Cole, Chief Judge, Rogers and Griffin, Circuit Judges. ,
