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...
The 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 two chapter 7 debtors in a joint case -...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; William J. Lafferty III; and Laura S. Taylor;
The Sixth Circuit B.A.P. affirmed the bankruptcy court's summary judgment order declaring debt to be nondischargeable on the basis of embezzlement and/or larceny. The Court held that although both...
The U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: (1) affirmed financial sanctions ordered by the bankruptcy court and ratified by the district court on doctors who asserted causes of action placed...
Judge(s):
Jerry E. Smith; Patrick E. Higginbotham; and James C. Ho
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed an award of nearly $90,000 in fees and costs by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) to...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; William J. Lafferty III; and Gary A. Spraker
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada (BC) to: (1) dismiss with prejudice the adversary...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) upheld as proper the dismissal by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (BC) of claims, as set forth in...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; Robert J. Faris; and Scott H. Gan
The bankruptcy court did not err in finding that Lawrence intended to defraud Frost by perpetuating a fraudulent conveyance scheme and that Lawrence committed actual fraud actionable under §...
Judge(s):
Owen, Chief Judge, and Jones and Wilson, Circuit Judges
