Discerning no clear error in the post-trial factual findings of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado (BC), the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit (BAP) affirmed its...
Judge(s):
Tom R. Cornish; Terrence L. Michael; and Sarah A. Hall
Echoing a similar ruling in a separate case, the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed orders (1) overruling the objection by Carol Lee DePuydt-Meier (DR) to a proof...
Judge(s):
Gary A. Spraker; Robert J. Faris; and Julia W. Brand
A homeowners' association foreclosure sale that violates the automatic stay (11 U.S.C. § 362(a)) is void under Nevada law, and the holder of a deed of trust that was extinguished by the HOA's...
Judge(s):
Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Danielle J. Forrest, and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the bankruptcy court’s order granting the motion to dismiss the third amended complaint of Kimberly Franklin (DR) against U.S....
BAP for 8th Circuit affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (ED Mo. - St. Louis) finding bifurcated fee charged by consumer debtor attorney was excessive for post-petition services where no...
Under Hitt v. Glass (In re Glass), 164 B.R. 759, 765 (9th Cir. BAP 1994), aff’d, 60 F.3d 565 (9th Cir. 1995), a trustee may defeat a debtor's exemption on property released from a lien or...
BAP for 9th Cir. affirmed bankruptcy court (ND Cal.) dismissed debtor's adversary complaint against foreclosing creditors and their attorney for willful violation of automatic stay. Real property...
In line with the decision of its Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP), which had dismissed the appeal of Frank McIntyre (DR), due to a lack of jurisdiction, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth...
Judge(s):
Harris L. Hartz; Mary B. Briscoe; and Robert E. Bacharach
The Court of Appeals reversed the order vacating the dismissal of the debtor's Chapter 13 case and remanded to the Bankruptcy Court with instructions to dismiss the case. The Court based its ruling...
Judge(s):
Gibbons, Kethledge and Murphy; Opinion by Kethledge
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Panel) affirmed the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s affirmance of rejection of a debtor’s attempt, after her chapter 13 case’s conversion to a...
Judge(s):
Consuelo M. Callahan; Richard C. Tallman; and Kenneth K. Lee