REVERSED district court's holding that payments in possession of Chapter 13 trustee at time of case conversion from Chapter 13 to Chapter 7 be returned to debtor and remanded case back to district...
Summarized by Cara Murray , Whiteford Taylor Preston LLP
11 years 10 months ago
Citation:
No. 13-1608 (4th Cir. June 27, 2014)
Ruling:
The Circuit Court affirmed the bankruptcy court's ruling that the non-debtor release provision in the debtor's Chapter 11 reorganization plan was unenforceable.
Judge(s):
Circuit Court, Diaz (author), Wilkinson and Agee
Bankr. E.D.V.A., Trenga
An intermediate appellate court's affirmance of a bankruptcy court's denial of
confirmation of a reorganization plan is not a final order appealable under § 158(d)(1) so long as the debtor...
Summarized by Jason Forbes , Wells Fargo Business Credit, Inc.
12 years 1 week ago
Citation:
2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 8882, 2014 FED App. 0099P (6th Cir.), 6th Circuit Appellate Case No. 13-5764, on appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Case No. 2:12-cv-00463
Ruling:
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that the “absolute-priority rule” applies to individual Chapter 11 debtors; therefore, objecting impaired unsecured creditors must...
Judge(s):
Richard Fred Suhrheinrich
Eugene Edward Siler, Jr.
Raymond Kethledge
Summarized by Bryan Robinson , Law Offices of Bryan Robinson
12 years 2 weeks ago
Citation:
Muth v. Muth (In re Muth) 10 Cir. B.A.P., CO-13-055 (May 1, 2014) [Not for Publication]
Ruling:
In an unpublished opinion, the 10th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Affirmed the ruling by the Bankruptcy Court that dismissed the debtor's chapter 11 case and the award of attorney's fees to...
Judge(s):
THURMAN, Chief Judge, CORNISH, and MICHAEL, Bankruptcy Judges.
U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit ("First Circuit") Case Nos. 12-9008, 12-9009
Ruling:
First Circuit affirmed ruling of Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the First Circuit (the "BAP") that appeals from orders of U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Massachusetts (J. Feeney)("Bankruptcy...
Post-confirmation trust was judicially estopped from claiming that funds transferred to a cash management system were property of the debtors because the schedules and other documents filed by the...
Summarized by Bryan Robinson , Law Offices of Bryan Robinson
12 years 1 month ago
Citation:
In Re Barker, 9th Cir. B.A.P., MT-13-1393-JuKuPa (March 28, 2014) [Unpublished]
Ruling:
In an unpublished opinion, the 9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the ruling by the bankruptcy court which held, the bankruptcy court did not have the discretion to allow a late filed...
Summarized by James Clarke , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
12 years 1 month ago
Citation:
Pliler v. Stearns (In re Pliler), Case No. 13-1445 (4th Cir. Mar. 28, 2014)
Ruling:
In a published opinion, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court holding that above-median debtors are obligated to maintain chapter 13 plans for 5 years where unsecured creditors are not...
Judge(s):
Duncan, Wynn, and Thacker (Opinion written by Wynn)
