The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in approving compensation for a Subchapter V Trustee over a debtor’s objection for work...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the decision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida (BC) concluding that the individual...
Judge(s):
William H. Pryor Jr.; Jill A. Pryor; and Stanley Marcus
Rejecting the holding of a non-precedential summary order, the Second Circuit clarified that parties may be added to an action -- without leave of the court and without reference to Fed. R. Civ. P....
Judge(s):
CALABRESI, NATHAN, Circuit Judges, AND NAGALA, District Judge
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in granting a chapter 7 debtor's motion to reopen a case to avoid a judicial lien on the debtor's LLC...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Circuit) dismissed the appeals of the memorandum and order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa (DC) by two...
In non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's decision to reject an individual pro se Debtor's proposed structured dismissal and instead dismiss the Debtor's...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (DC) for the same reasons cited by the latter in its order...
Judge(s):
Paul J, Kelly Jr.; Scott Matheson Jr.; and Allison H. Eid
In an opinion arising out of the restructuring of Puerto Rico's public power company (PRRS and PREPA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that GoldenTree Asset Management and...
Judge(s):
William J. Kayatta Jr.; O. Rogeriee Thompson; and Julie Rikelman
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Circuit) dismissed the appeal of the Kentucky Employees Retirement Systems (KERS) of the denial of its petition for leave to appeal and the...
Because the Debtor's own actions and statements to his creditor obscured the applicability of the discharge order from his prior bankruptcy - which did not list or disclose the debtor's debt owed...
