BAP for 9th Cir. affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (C.D. Cal.) granting summary judgment to creditor sisters on 523 claims against debtor brother based on issue preclusion from state court...
The BAP for the 9th Cir. affirmed the ruling of the bankruptcy court (C.D. Cal.) on other grounds, agreeing that funds in a bank account exclusively derived from social security payments were...
BAP for 10th Cir. affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (D. Colo) finding that order limiting discovery was not abuse of discretion given parties' attempt to abuse discovery for attrition purposes....
Dismissing with prejudice a creditor’s claims valued at over $10 million and sanctioning that creditor by making it pay debtor’s attorney’s fees in the amount of $1.29 million was an abuse of...
The BAP for the 9th Cir. affirmed the ruling of the bankruptcy court (D. Nev.) order granting chapter 7 trustee's motion for turnover of a vehicle, notwithstanding debtors' claim of exemption. The...
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the District Court's dismissal of Schwab's appeal as untimely where the notice of appeal was filed two days after the statutory deadline for a bankruptcy appeal expired.
In a lengthy opinion, Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court's determination that a bank was liable as a transferee of direct and indirect loan payments it received after its good faith defense...
Judge(s):
Moore, Rogers and Sentelle (D.C Circuit-sitting by designation)
The 2nd Cir. (a) held that res judicata, based on FL law, barred claim against bankrupt trust for malicious prosecution by loan servicer relating to the trust where plaintiff had previously won...
Judge(s):
Circuit Judges Ralph K. Winter, Jose A. Cabranes and Gerard E. Lynch
