Affirming the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC), the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) saw no error in its inferring of the verboten intent in a...
Judge(s):
Scott H. Gan; William J. Lafferty III; and Robert J. Faris
BAP for 9th Circuit affirmed bankruptcy court (CD Cal.) denial of defendant's motion to strike plaintiff's notice of dismissal of adversary. Debtor failed to demonstrate any error by bankruptcy...
Affirming the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held: (1) the one-time distribution of assets of two spendthrift trusts (Trsts) for which the debtor...
Judge(s):
Stephanie K. Seymour; Jane L. Kelly; and Scott M. Matheson Jr.
The doctrine of derivative jurisdiction does not apply to removed cases where the state court lacked personal jurisdiction over the defendants. Under the doctrine, jurisdiction of the federal court...
Affirming the BAP, the circuit court concluded that a retirement account (RA) was held as a tenancy by the entirety by the Debtor (DR) and his wife and thus properly exempt per Wyoming law, status...
Judge(s):
Timothy M. Tymkovich; Mary B. Briscoe; and Robert E. Bacharach
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's dismissal of the debtor's case for failures to file schedules and a plan, to turn over tax returns and financial documentation, and to...
The U.S. 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 claim and issue preclusion barred...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; Scott H. Gan; and Christopher M. Klein
