A chapter 7 debtor whose estate is insolvent lacks standing to object to any claim if the estate is insolvent because the debtor will not be affected by the outcome of the claims litigation.
The Sixth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) denied a motion for leave to appeal an interlocutory ruling overruling an objection to employment of debtors' counsel. The BAP held the appeal...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) found a post-petition order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (DC) deeming a predecessor-in-interest to Censo LLC...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Laura S. Taylor; and Robert J. Faris
Affirmed the District Court's dismissal of a challenge, asserted by a former shareholder of the Debtor, to the bankruptcy court's Chapter 11 confirmation order, finding in part that: "if the...
Seeing no error and thus no abuse of discretion, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit affirmed orders, issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington...
Hearing consolidated appeals arising from two chapter 13 cases that presented solely legal issues, with one dissent, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit (BAP) reversed the...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (BC): (1) denying motions for a case's...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the judgment of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) that two chapter 7 debtors in a joint case -...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; William J. Lafferty III; and Laura S. Taylor;
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the ruling of the district court deeming an arbitrator's binding award of half the increase in value of the retirement savings...
Judge(s):
David F. Hamilton; Diane S. Sykes; and Michael S. Kanne
The U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: (1) affirmed financial sanctions ordered by the bankruptcy court and ratified by the district court on doctors who asserted causes of action placed...
Judge(s):
Jerry E. Smith; Patrick E. Higginbotham; and James C. Ho
