Two judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the dismissal by the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota (DC) of a complaint filed by Anders Rydholm...
Judge(s):
Ralph R. Erickson; Michael J.. Melloy; and Jonathan A. Kobes
In an appeal by a chapter 11 debtor of a bankruptcy court’s judgment for it and against three persons and denial of motion to amend, the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP)...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; William J. Lafferty III; and Julia W. Brand
Years after Douglas Kelley (TR), liquidating trustee for Petters Company, Inc.,, secured a default judgment against Capital Strategies Fund, Ltd. (CS), a recipient of funds from the “infamous”...
Judge(s):
Amy J. St. Eve; Michael B. Brennan; and Michael Y. Scudder
Like the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit (BAP) that it fully affirmed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed a bankruptcy court's decision valuing the...
Judge(s):
Harris L. Hartz; Bobby Ray Baldock; and Carolyn B. McHugh
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the judgement of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California (BC), and related rulings regarding the...
Judge(s):
Gary A. Spraker; Robert J. Faris; and Julia W. Brand
A second review appeal and cross-appeal from the decisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy and District Courts for the Southern District of Mississippi (BC and DC) in which each party raised four issues,...
Judge(s):
Stephen A. Higginson; James L. Dennis; and Gregg J. Costa
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Circuit) reversed the grant of summary judgment by the bankruptcy court (BC), later affirmed by a bankruptcy appellate panel, in favor of Jay and...
Judge(s):
Lavenski R. Smith; Raymond W. Gruender; and Jonathan A. Kobes
In another appeal arising out of the Ponzi schemes of Thomas Peters (TP), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit partly diverged from the U.S. District Court for the District of...
Judge(s):
Bobby E. Shepherd; Steven M. Colloton; and Jane L. Kelly
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) found a post-petition order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (DC) deeming a predecessor-in-interest to Censo LLC...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Laura S. Taylor; and Robert J. Faris
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (BC): (1) denying motions for a case's...
