The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's order denying a debtor's motion to reopen his chapter 13 bankruptcy case because (1) a dismissed bankruptcy...
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel upheld the bankruptcy court's approval of a settlement, over the objection of the debtor, between a chapter 7 trustee and creditors satisfying the...
Affirming the "person aggrieved" standard for standing to appeal an order of the bankruptcy court, the Fifth Circuit held that a party without an allowed claim against the debtor does not have...
Affirming the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (BC and DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit deemed the payment of a $3.3 million...
Judge(s):
Jerry E. Smith; Patrick E. Higginbotham; and Kurt D. Engelhardt
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit found a bankruptcy court properly granted summary judgment to a Chapter 7 Trustee who sought to avoid and recover actually fraudulent...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California granting summary judgment excepting the debt...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Robert J. Faris; and Gary A. Spraker
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's order denying a creditor's motion to reopen a chapter 7 case five years after closure. The deadlines for the creditor...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in denying a motion to remand a removed civil action and in granting a summary judgment for the...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada (BC) converting the chapter 11 case of NTI-NC Inc. (DR), both...
Judge(s):
Julia W. Brand; Frederick P. Corbit; and William J. Lafferty III
The Court of Appeals held that the bankruptcy court’s handling of approval of the settlement of class claims, “predicated on 28 U.S.C. § 1334(a) or (b), rather than in the court where the...
Judge(s):
Judge Edith H. Jones, Judge James C. Ho, and Judge Cory T. Wilson
