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...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held a bankruptcy court erred in excluding a key witness's deposition testimony at trial. The witness, who was scheduled to testify over multiple...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a district court's dismissal of a bankruptcy appeal for failure to comply with Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 8009 because the...
In a very short opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court's dismissal of an appeal of a settlement, which included a sale approved under 11 U.S.C. §...
