The Sixth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel reversed the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio, ruling (i) the continuation of a contempt proceeding against a Chapter 13 debtor for...
Overruling In re River West Plaza--Chicago, LLC, 664 F.3d 668 (7th Cir. 2011), and part III of In re Sax, 796 F.2d 994 (7th Cir. 1986), (1) section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code does not make any...
Relying on Illinois' single action rule, which requires parties to present all theories for litigation arising from a single transaction in a single proceeding, the Court found that creditors who...
Claims challenging the PROMESA Board’s decisions to not certify Puerto Rico’s fiscal plan and to instead certify a fiscal plan of its own development were properly dismissed for lack of subject...
BAP for 10th Circuit reversed and remanded ruling of bankruptcy court (D. NM) denying debtors' motions to amend schedules, including claimed exemptions, after cases had been closed. BAP ruled that...
Pro se chapter 7 debtor failed to meet burden of justifying relief under FRCP 60(b) by failing to present evidence or legal arguments at an evidentiary hearing.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conversion of Debtor's Chapter 13 case to a Chapter 7 case. The Debtor debts exceeded the amounts set forth in 11 U.S.C. § 109(e). The Debtor did...
BAP of the 9th Circuit affirmed the ruling of the bankruptcy court (C.D. Cal.) granting summary judgment to creditor on an issue of whether debtor should be barred from relitigating the fraud...
Affirmed the dismissal of claimant's appeal of a confirmed chapter 11 plan because appellant failed to demonstrate "person aggrieved" bankruptcy standing. Claimant filed a proof of claim in the...
