A debtor's appeal from an order granting a creditor relief from the automatic stay becomes moot if circumstances change so that the court cannot grant any effective relief. Thus, (i) the debtor's...
Judge(s):
HASTINGS, Chief Judge, SURRATT-STATES, AND CONSTANTINE, Bankruptcy Judges
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit dismissed an appeal from a bankruptcy court's order granting a Chapter 7 Trustee's application to employ a law firm as special counsel. ...
A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California affirming the decision of that district's bankruptcy...
Judge(s):
Daniel P. Collins; Danielle J. Forrest; and Jennifer Sung
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in granting a debtor's motion to voluntarily dismiss his chapter 13 case under 11 U.S.C. § 1307(b) over a...
Judge(s):
Forrest and Sung (majority), and Collins (dissent)
The U.S. Circuit Court for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's rulings (a) dismissing a debtor's chapter 13 petition for bad faith under the circuit's "totality of the circumstances"...
Judge(s):
FLETCHER and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF, District Judge
A bankruptcy court imposed sanctions due to litigation conduct that was in bad faith, vexatious, and harassing. Specifically, the court dismissed an adversary proceeding brought by the plaintiff,...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) and bankruptcy court decisions granting summary judgment in favor of the chapter 7 trustee on his 11 USC...
In a per curiam opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Circuit) found no error in the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (BC) denying relief from...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held a district court didn't abuse its discretion in dismissing the appellant's employment discrimination cases, without prejudice, based on judicial...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in approving a Chapter 7 Trustee's settlement of legal claims filed by Appellants against the debtor and third...
