REVERSED and REMANDED award of Section 328(a) fee enhancement to Debtor Asarco's financial advisor for further proceedings because clear error was not the appropriate standard for reviewing a...
No. 11-51167, Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, not for publication.
Ruling:
DISMISSED the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, concluding that bankruptcy court's discovery order was interlocutory, and the district court's order (dismissing the appeal from the bankruptcy court)...
Sixth Circuit, in a per curiam opinion in a non-bankruptcy case, affirmed dismissal of borrowers' complaint alleging (1) breach of fiduciary duty; (2) negligence/negligence per se; (3) common law...
Summarized by Kevin Gray , Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Inc.
13 years 3 months ago
Citation:
Sundale, LTD. v. Florida Associates Capital Enterprises, LLC, No. 12-11450 (11th Cir. Nov. 29, 2012).
Ruling:
Considering Stern v. Marshall, 131 S. Ct. 2594 (2011), the bankruptcy court had jurisdiction to adjudicate a debtor's state law counterclaims, including a claim for recoupment, in adjudicating the...
Satterfield v. Malloy III, No. 11–5144 (10th Cir. Nov. 28, 2012)
Ruling:
The Barton Doctrine precludes litigation in district court by a debtor against a trustee in bankruptcy when the cause of action arises out of the trustee's official duties unless the movant can...
In re Castro, 2012 WL 5935957 (10th Cir. Nov. 28, 2012)
Ruling:
Appellant that was neither debtor nor creditor and had no interest in real property or, at best, such interest was subordinate, lacked standing to object to creditor’s motion for relief from...
10th Circuit Court of Appeals (Case No/ 11-1574) Entered - November 21, 2012
Ruling:
AFFIRMATION of the 10th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's (BAP) ruling denying debtor, Arthur James Reves, an extension of time to file a notice of appeal.
Rabalais v. Leon (In re Rabalais), No. 12-20255 (5th Cir. Nov. 19, 2012) [Not for Publication]
Ruling:
Affirming the District Court, the Fifth Circuit held that it lacked authority under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine to review a Debtor’s argument that a California state court improperly...
Summarized by Weston Eguchi , Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
13 years 3 months ago
Citation:
TC Healthcare I, LLC v. Dupuis (In re Haven Eldercare, LLC), Case No. 12-468-bk (2d Cir. Nov. 15, 2012) (summary order) [Not Precedential]
Ruling:
The Circuit Court AFFIRMED the District Court judgment barring, as res judicata, the motion of the Appellant, a Section 363 purchaser of the Debtor's assets, seeking an order declaring that...
Judge(s):
Barrington D. Parker, Reena Raggi, and Gerard Lynch.
In short, In re Scholz stands for the proposition that annuity income received by a former railroad employee under the Railroad Retirement Act ("RRA") "must be included when calculating [a...
Judge(s):
Bankruptcy Judge Lee presided over the bankruptcy proceedings. The Bankruptcy Court opinion is found at 427 B.R. 864. Judges Markell, Zive, and Jury presided over the BAP appeal. The BAP opinion, authored by Judge Markell, is found at 447 B.R. 887. Ninth Circuit Judges Callahan and Watford, along with District Court Judge Singleton (sitting by designation) sat on the Ninth Circuit Panel. Judge Watford authored the Ninth Circuit's published opinion.
