In a per curiam opinion, like the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana (DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the decision of the U.S....
Judge(s):
Edith H. Jones; Stephen A. Higginson; and Kyle S. Duncan
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
Concluding that the law of the state of a debtor's prepetition domicile governs an exemption claim, the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit (BAP) reversed the decision of the U.S....
Judge(s):
Cathleen D. Parker; Terrence L. Michael; and William T. Thurman
A Subchapter V plan cannot be confirmed unless it complies with 11 U.S.C. § 1123(b)(5). Thus, the debtor's plan, which did not require the reorganized debtor to make periodic payments to a...
Affirming the U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern District of Illinois (DC and BC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) found: (1) it lacked jurisdiction to...
Judge(s):
Diane S. Sykes; Joel Flaum; and Michael B. Brennan
The Bankruptcy Court did not err in holding that the debtor failed to meet the standards for pleading fraud and that the debtor had waived her claim for emotional distress. The debtor's standing as...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) affirmed the denial of an order denying the contempt motion filed by chapter 13 debtor Jerome Perryman (DR) against his ex-wife, Karen Dal Poggetto (PG),...
Judge(s):
Julia W. Brand; Robert J. Faris; and Gary A. Spraker
Confronting a byzantine fact pattern in but the latest aspect of a “multi-forum Whack-a-Mole tournament," the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed a bankruptcy...
Judge(s):
Christopher M. Klein; Laura S. Taylor; and Julia W. Brand
Disposing of an appeal filed by a chapter 13 debtor named "Eric Dutra" (DR), the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Scott H. Gan; and Mary Jo Heston
"[n]o particular words are necessary as long as they amount to an admission that [the grantor] has voluntarily and freely executed the instrument." McOuatt, 69 N.E.2d at 810; see also In re...