A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California affirming the decision of that district's bankruptcy...
Judge(s):
Daniel P. Collins; Danielle J. Forrest; and Jennifer Sung
The chapter 7 trustee (i) had Article III standing to bring a fraudulent transfer avoidance action because the trustee represents the bankruptcy estate, not the debtor's creditors; and (ii) did not...
Judge(s):
Carlos T. Bea, David F. Hamilton,* and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges (*United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, sitting by designation)
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) and bankruptcy court decisions granting summary judgment in favor of the chapter 7 trustee on his 11 USC...
The Circuit Court affirmed the district court’s order affirming a judgment of the bankruptcy court, and remanded for further proceedings, in a fraudulent transfer action in which a jury...
Judge(s):
Richard R. Clifton, Gabriel P. Sanchez, and Edward R. Korman,
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in approving a Chapter 7 Trustee's settlement of legal claims filed by Appellants against the debtor and third...
In this direct appeal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the ruling of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (BC) that the trustee for two...
Judge(s):
Kyle S. Duncan; Jennifer W. Elrod; and Irma C. Ramirez
In this non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the decision of the District Court affirming the decision of the Bankruptcy Court finding in favor of the chapter 7 trustee avoiding a...
Judge(s):
CHAGARES, Chief Judge, PORTER and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges
In this non-precedential ruling, the Third Circuit affirmed the decisions of the District and Bankruptcy Courts annulling the automatic stay and dismissing the pro se debtors’ civil action...
Finding that the text of Illinois’ version of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act set up multiple ways in which a business can be insolvent for purposes of fraudulent transfer liability, the...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the dismissal of the decision of the circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) to affirm the partial dismissal of an adversary...
Judge(s):
Sidney R. Thomas; Gabriel P. Sanchez; and Consuelo Callahan
