The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy judge's denial of a debtor defendant's motion for attorneys' fees under Section 523(d) after the debtor prevailed...
The bankruptcy court properly held that the debtors' obligation to plaintiff was not dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6) because the evidence showed that the male debtor had intentionally...
Providing a useful primer on judicial estoppel in the bankruptcy context, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Massachusetts...
Judge(s):
O. Rogeriee Thompson; Gustavo Gelpí; and Sandra Lynch
The First Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court (D. Mass.) which granted Appellees’ Motion for Summary Judgment on the count for a denial of discharge due to a false oath under 11 U.S.C. §...
Judge(s):
Selya and Lynch, Circuit Judges, and McElroy, District Judge.
The Ninth Circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed a summary judgment excepting a debt from the debtors' discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(3)(A) in the full amount of the creditor's state...
Though describing as "harsh" certain of its evidentiary rulings against Hea Sook Kang (CR) in her adversary proceeding against chapter 7 debtor Soon Hee Kim (DR) due to the CR's demonstrable...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; William J. Lafferty III; and Frederick P. Corbit
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the oral and written rulings of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) determining that...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; William J. Lafferty III; and Frederick P. Corbit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (DC) that affirmed the dismissal of the claims of...
Judge(s):
John B. Nalbandian; Karen N. Moore; and Eric L. Clay
When a chapter 13 plan is not confirmed and the case dismissed, the chapter 13 trustee has no right to keep the fee from pre-confirmation payments received by the trustee. This result arises from...
A mortgage lien survives confirmation and consummation of a chapter 13 plan, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the plan. Sidestepping the problem created by the confirmation of a plan...
Judge(s):
ROSENBAUM and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges, and MOODY, District Judge
