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Lightsway Litigation Services, LLC V. Wimar Tahoe Corporation & Columbia Sussex Corporation

  • Summarized by Jonathan Batiste , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 2 months 1 week ago
Citation:
No. 25-1009 (3rd Circuit, Dec 23,2025) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
Lightsway Litigation Services erred under New Jersey’s issue preclusion laws. Under New Jersey law, precluded issues must be identical to previously decided issues; issues are not identical if a...
Judge(s):
Krause, Phipps, and Chung
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YELLOW CORPORATION V. MFN PARTNERS LP et al.

  • Summarized by Jonathan Batiste , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 5 months 2 weeks ago
Citation:
No. 25-1421 (3rd Circuit, Sep 16,2025) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The circuit court found that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (“PBGC”) regulations are valid exercises of its power under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The PBGC’s...
Judge(s):
Shwartz, Montgomery-Reeves, and Ambro
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In re: JOSE L. GARCIA-MORALES

  • Summarized by Jonathan Batiste , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 6 months 2 weeks ago
Citation:
No. 24-1384 (10th Circuit, Aug 19,2025) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The circuit court affirmed the district court’s decision affirming the bankruptcy court’s denial of Appellant’s motion to compel turnover of Debtor’s federal income tax refund....
Judge(s):
Bacharach, Phillips, and Federico
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In Re: MORROW GA INVESTORS, LLC

  • Summarized by Jonathan Batiste , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 6 months 3 weeks ago
Citation:
No. 23-13134 (11th Circuit, Aug 14,2025) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The circuit court affirmed the district court’s decision to dismiss Plaintiffs’ appeal of a bankruptcy court order that approved a settlement between Debtor and Creditor. The appellate courts...
Judge(s):
Newsom, Grant, and Abudu
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DINH v. US

Citation:
2023-2100 (Federal Circuit, Jul 31,2025) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The United States Court of Federal Claims determined it had subject matter jurisdiction over their action but nevertheless dismissed it for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be...
Judge(s):
MOORE, STOLL, and GILSTRAP
Tag(s):

In re: TERRY L. WIKE

  • Summarized by Jonathan Batiste , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 7 months 1 week ago
Citation:
No. 24-4402 (9th Circuit, Jul 31,2025) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s (BAP) reversal of the bankruptcy court's decision finding that Creditor’s claims were nondischargeable....
Judge(s):
McKeown, de Alba, and Bennett
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STATE OF MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF REV V TIMOTHY L. BLIXSETH

Citation:
22-60046 (9th Circuit, Aug 14,2024) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
A bankruptcy court cannot award an involuntary debtor relief under 11 U.S.C. § 303(i) against a State merely because it was a petitioning creditor. First, a State does not waive its Eleventh...
Judge(s):
Rawlinson, Melloy (8th Circuit, sitting by designation), and Thomas
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In re: MICHELE LYNN MCKEE,

  • Summarized by Michael Holmes , Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, PC
  • 3 years 3 months ago
Citation:
BAP No. CC-22-1042-GTS; Bk. No. 6:21-bk-10679-SY (9th Circuit, Nov 18,2022) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
This decision has no precedential value. The BAP affirmed the Bankruptcy court's holding that the Debtor could not claim the California automatic homestead exemption on property she did not...
Judge(s):
GAN, TAYLOR, and SPRAKER
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Gabriel Invst v. Texas ABC

  • Summarized by Steven Holmes , Cavazos Hendricks Poirot, PC
  • 4 years 1 month ago
Citation:
21-50322 (5th Circuit, Jan 28,2022) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
The Fifth Circuit certified questions of Texas state law to the Texas Supreme Court regarding permissibility of alcohol permit transfer(s) as part of a proposed sale.
Judge(s):
King, Costa, and Willett, Circuit Judges.
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In Re: Mosaic Management Group, Inc.,

Citation:
20-12547 (11th Circuit, Jan 14,2022) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed in part and Reversed in part
Ruling:
The difference in Chapter 11 quarterly fees collected in UST versus Bankruptcy Administrator (BA) districts following the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 did not violate the uniformity requirement...
Judge(s):
Jordan, Brasher, and Anderson
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