The BAP for the 9th Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the ruling of the bankruptcy court (N.D. Cal.), sanctioning chapter 7 debtor's counsel by ordering payment to the bankruptcy court...
Summarized by Hale Lake , Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP
10 years 1 month ago
Citation:
O’Rorke v. Porcaro (In re Porcaro), BAP No. MW15-026, --- B.R. --- (1st Cir. BAP Feb. 3, 2016)
Ruling:
The BAP affirmed the Bankruptcy Court’s orders granting summary judgment on the judgment creditors’ 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6) nondischargeability claim and denying the debtor’s motion for...
File Name:16b0002n.06; Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit (BAP), Case No. 15-8036 (January 28, 2016),
Ruling:
The bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in denying a creditor's motion to reopen the debtors' Chapter 13 case. Creditor failed to timely appeal two prior orders- Violation Order and...
Stubbs & Perdue, P.A. v. Angell (In re Anderson, Jr.), Case No. 15-1316 (4th Cir. Jan. 26, 2016).
Ruling:
Affirming the district court, the Fourth Circuit held that the bankruptcy court correctly interpreted/applied Landgraf v. USI Film Products, 511 U.S. 244 (1994), to find that the version of 11...
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel correctly dismissed as moot debtor’s appeal from order confirming chapter 11 plan, where debtor had not objected to its plan prior to confirmation. Affirmed.
Lynch v. Malloy, III, (In re Lynch), Case No. 15-054 (BAP 10th Cir. January 20, 2016). Published.
Ruling:
The BAP has jurisdiction to hear appeals from an order entered in bankruptcy courts if the order finally disposes of discrete disputes within the larger case.
Summarized by Paul Stewart , Stewart Robbins Brown & Altazan, LLC
10 years 1 month ago
Citation:
No. 14-11355, fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Ruling:
Debtor that flagrantly and repeatedly abused bankruptcy and court processes to retain
assets for himself and defeat the legitimate claims of his business partners was properly dismissed pursuant...
Summarized by David Baker , Law Office of David G. Baker
10 years 1 month ago
Citation:
Wiscovitch-Rentas v. Villa Blanca VB Plaza LLC - BAP No. PR 15-022
Ruling:
Grant of summary judgment to defendant reversed, vacated to the extent that cross-motion for summary judgment was denied and amended cross-motion stricken, and matter remanded for further...
Anderson v. Seven Falls Co., Case No. 14-1515 (10th Cir. December 31, 2015). Unpublished.
Ruling:
A chapter 7 trustee’s recovery in an estate's personal injury lawsuit is limited to the amount needed to satisfy creditors’ claims and trustee’s fees and expenses. Determination of the...
