The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held a district court abused its discretion in dismissing an appeal owing to the appellant's failure to file a designation of the record on appeal...
Creditors must affirmatively demonstrate their intent to enforce claims against debtors before creditor’s claim bar date. Debtors’ schedules do not constitute informal proofs of claim and do...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit (BAP) reversed the order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota (BC) granting Capital Credit Union (CCU) relief...
Judge(s):
Phyllis M. Jones; Cynthia A. Norton; and Katherine A. Constantine
In the face of a partial dissent, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) agreed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (DC) in reversing the judgment of...
Judge(s):
Priscilla Richman; Jennifer Walker Elrod; and Andrew Oldham
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit held a bankruptcy court erred as a matter of law in finding that a creditor's claim for damages was not a "personal injury tort" claim for...
In consolidated appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held (1) it lacked appellate jurisdiction to hear a first appeal taken from a district court's order denying as moot a...
In this consolidated appeal of two decisions by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (DC) by creditor Shanni Snyder (Snyder) arising out of the bankruptcy of U Lock,...
Judge(s):
Stephanos Bibas; Arianna J. Freeman; and Richard L. Nygaard
Per Ritzen Group v. Jackson Masonry, the bankruptcy court's order vacating its prior stay relief and abstention order and reimposing the automatic stay was a final order subject to immediate appeal...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the sentence imposed by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (DC) on Douglas Eligha Taylor (DET) upon the...
Judge(s):
Sandra S. Ikuta; Ryan D. Nelson; and Kenneth K. Lee
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a bankruptcy court's award of monetary sanctions under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 against Appellant, a non-attorney pro se litigant. Appellant...
