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Doug Woods v. Chavon Marie Landingham

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ALLONHILL, LLC V. STEWART LENDER SERVICES, INC.

Summarizing by Paris Gyparakis

Mission Hen, LLC V. Lee (In re Lee)

Citation:
No. 23-4220 (9th Circuit, May 22,2025) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's order confirming a chapter 13 plan over a creditor's objections. Most notably, the court held, as a matter of first...
Judge(s):
Mary M. Schroeder, William A. Fletcher, and Consuelo M. Callahan
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Boy Scouts of America and Delaware BSA LLC v. Lujan Claimants et al.

Citation:
23-1664 (3rd Circuit, May 13,2025) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed in part and Reversed in part
Ruling:
Section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code precludes judicial review of “nonconsensual third-party releases” authorized under the confirmed plan, as the insurance policy buyback was integral to the...
Judge(s):
KRAUSE, SCIRICA and RENDELL
Tag(s):

TRUCK INSURANCE EXCHANGE V. KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY, INC

Citation:
21-1858 (4th Circuit, Apr 29,2025) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
On remand, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court’s and district court’s approval of the debtors’ chapter 11 reorganization plan. The Fourth Circuit found that the plan was...
Judge(s):
King, Agee, Quattlebaum
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Korean Claimants V. Dow Silicones Corp

Citation:
Case No. 25-1004; File Name: 25a194n.06 (6th Circuit, Apr 10,2025) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The district court granted a motion by Dow Corning Corp. (Dow) to terminate certain funding obligations of Dow under the confirmed bankruptcy plan which established a trust to pay silicone-get...
Judge(s):
Sutton, Chief Judge; Readler and Bloomekatz
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Highland Captl Fund Mgt. Fund Advisors, L.P. v. Highland Captl Mgmt, L.P.

Citation:
23-10534 (5th Circuit, Mar 18,2025) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
Finding that the Bankruptcy Court misinterpreted its opinion from a prior appeal, the Fifth Circuit reverses in part the confirmation order and remands to the District Court to rewrite the plan's...
Judge(s):
Elrod, Willett, and Duncan
Tag(s):

Michael Dombrowski v. Legacy Mountain Homeowners Association Inc

Citation:
24-12541 (11th Circuit, Mar 10,2025) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
Legacy HOA was not a creditor of individual debtor Dombrowski, therefore Legacy did not violate the automatic stay and was not bound by the debtor's confirmed chapter 11 plan. The Eleventh Circuit...
Judge(s):
Pryor, Brasher, Anderson
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USSEC, ET AL V. CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY, ET

Citation:
22-56206, 22-56208 (9th Circuit, Feb 20,2025) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
In a decision that reduced Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., 603 U.S. 204 (2024), to one footnote, the court ruled that district courts could enter third-party injunctions in SEC Ponzi-scheme...
Judge(s):
EBEL (sitting by designation), BADE, and FORREST, Circuit Court judges
Tag(s):

Excluded Lenders v. Serta

Citation:
23-20181, 23-20450, 23-20363 (5th Circuit, Feb 14,2023) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
In the first review of Up-Tier lending (discussed in the "Facts" section of this summary) by a court of Appeals, the Fifth Circuit held that the pre-petition up-tier lending arrangement between the...
Judge(s):
HAYNES, WILLETT, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges
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JORDEN SALDANA, ET AL V. MARTHA BR

Citation:
23-15860 (9th Circuit, Nov 22,2024) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
Reversing the lower courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that a Chapter 13 debtor who had made voluntary contributions to an employer-sponsored retirement plan...
Judge(s):
Sidney R. Thomas, Consuelo M. Callahan, and Gabriel P. Sanchez, Circuit Judges
Tag(s):

Erickson v. Wilson-Aguilar (In re Erickson)

Citation:
No. 23-60037 (9th Circuit, Sep 24,2024) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The U.S. Circuit Court for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's rulings (a) dismissing a debtor's chapter 13 petition for bad faith under the circuit's "totality of the circumstances"...
Judge(s):
FLETCHER and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF, District Judge
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