Seeing no error and thus no abuse of discretion, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit affirmed orders, issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington...
Sixth Circuit BAP reversed Bankruptcy Court's holding that the penalty imposed on a taxpayer under the Affordable Care Act (26 U.S.C. Sec. 5000A) ("ACA") was not a tax on or measured by income but...
Judge(s):
Croom, Dales (dissenting) and Stout (opinion author)
Hearing consolidated appeals arising from two chapter 13 cases that presented solely legal issues, with one dissent, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit (BAP) reversed the...
Affirming the bankruptcy court, the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (the “BAP”) held that the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion when it found that Appellee’s...
Judge(s):
Hon. Scott H. Gann; Hon. Julia W. Brand; Hon. Gary A. Spraker (U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, Ninth Circuit). Appeal from a ruling by Hon. Joseph M. Meier (Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Idaho)
Finding no error and hence no abuse of discretion, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon (BC) awarding...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (BC): (1) denying motions for a case's...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the judgment of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) that two chapter 7 debtors in a joint case -...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; William J. Lafferty III; and Laura S. Taylor;
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the ruling of the district court deeming an arbitrator's binding award of half the increase in value of the retirement savings...
Judge(s):
David F. Hamilton; Diane S. Sykes; and Michael S. Kanne
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) reversed the bankruptcy court's order denying recognition of a Monaco insolvency proceeding under section 1501 based on the misconduct and bad...
The U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: (1) affirmed financial sanctions ordered by the bankruptcy court and ratified by the district court on doctors who asserted causes of action placed...
Judge(s):
Jerry E. Smith; Patrick E. Higginbotham; and James C. Ho
