Individual debtor was barred by doctrine of judicial estoppel from suing to enforce alleged loan she made to certain individuals based on her failure to disclose the loan in her prior bankruptcy...
BAP for 10th Circuit reversed and remanded ruling of bankruptcy court (D. NM) denying debtors' motions to amend schedules, including claimed exemptions, after cases had been closed. BAP ruled that...
BAP for 9th Circuit affirmed defense judgment of bankruptcy court (CD Cal.) on creditor's 11 USC 523/727 suit. Bankruptcy court correctly followed California discretionary law of issue preclusion...
BAP for 9th Circuit affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (C.D. Cal.) granting chapter 7 trustee's sale motion over debtor's objection. Debtor waived appeal of disbursement of sale proceeds after...
BAP of the 9th Circuit affirmed the ruling of the bankruptcy court (C.D. Cal.) granting summary judgment to creditor on an issue of whether debtor should be barred from relitigating the fraud...
State court fraud judgment was entitled to preclusive effect in subsequent nondischargeability action under Section 523(a)(2)(A). Bankruptcy court's grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff...
The bankruptcy estate of a debtor who owned a second home as a joint tenant with a right of survivorship ceased to have any interest in the second home upon the debtor's death. Thus, the debtor's...
Tenth Circuit affirmed ruling of U.S. District Court (D. Wyo.), which affirmed rulings and reversed rulings of bankruptcy court. Notwithstanding post-confirmation closing of chapter 11 case,...
Judicial estoppel precluded debtor from pursuing (on behalf of the United States) False Claims Act retaliatory claims against the Tangipahoa Parish School Board, even though the action arose after...
