BAP for 9th Cir. affirmed bankruptcy court (ND Cal.) order converted debtors' chapter 13 case to chapter 7. Debtors' attempts to misrepresent interest in non-residential property, including...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the dismissal of an involuntary case filed by a creditor by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the dismissal of an adversary complaint by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri (BC), that had sought...
Judge(s):
Raymond W. Gruender; William D. Benton; and Bobby E. Shepherd
In a non-bankruptcy opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the dismissal of a complaint for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) for...
Judge(s):
Kenneth F. Ripple; Michael S. Kanne; and Ilana K. D. Rovner
The Tenth Circuit’s Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) held that the 1881 Barton doctrine, designed, at least in the Tenth Circuit, to ensure other courts do not intervene in an estate’s...
Judge(s):
Michael E. Romero; Dale L. Somers; and Cathleen D. Parker
The Eleventh Circuit held that a jury should decide whether Losch's claims that Experian negligently, but not willfully, violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to take reasonable...
A bankruptcy court's authority to enforce its own orders gives the court power to dismiss a bankruptcy petition, and to deny the debtor a discharge, if the debtor willfully fails to comply with the...
BAP for 8th Circuit affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (WD Missouri - KC) denying debtors' motions for (1) sanctions against attorney for creditor; (2) to alter or amend the order denying the...
The 9th Circuit BAP affirmed the bankruptcy court's orders striking the debtor's answer as a sanction for failure to comply with the court's order to show cause and entry of a default judgment...
BAP for 8th Cir. affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (D. Neb.) granting debtors' motion for summary judgment on creditor's 11 USC 523 suit. There were no genuine issues of material fact and debtors...