In this appeal by Swarnjit Singh Sahni (CR), a creditor, of the order confirming the first amended chapter 13 plan (Plan), as filed by Yoshihiro Tajima and Tomoko Nakajima (DRs), by the U.S....
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; William J. Lafferty III; and Scott H. Gan
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's order denying recusal as well as the court's order granting defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff debtor's adversary...
Judge(s):
Gary A. Spraker; Scott H. Gan; and Robert J. Faris
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California (BC) not to hold a state court non-debtor...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; William J. Lafferty III; and Julia W. Brand
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the declaratory judgment of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona (BC), issued at the conclusion of a two-day...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Julia W. Brand; and Laura S. Taylor
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 Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel upheld the bankruptcy court's denial of a discharge under sections 727(a)(2)(A) and (a)(3) to an individual debtor for his failure to maintain books and...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the dismissal by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) of a case opened by the filing of a...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; Gary A. Spraker; and Scott H. Gan
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 creditor was bound by a confirmed reorganization plan, even if the creditor was never served, because: (i) the creditor filed a motion for relief from the automatic stay, thus appearing in the...
In cases where a judgment creditor seeks to use a prior state court judgment to establish that the judgment debt is nondischargeable, courts apply the applicable state's law of issue preclusion. In...
