BAP for 9th Cir. affirmed bankruptcy court (ND Cal.) dismissed debtor's adversary complaint against foreclosing creditors and their attorney for willful violation of automatic stay. Real property...
In line with the decision of its Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP), which had dismissed the appeal of Frank McIntyre (DR), due to a lack of jurisdiction, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth...
Judge(s):
Harris L. Hartz; Mary B. Briscoe; and Robert E. Bacharach
BAP for 9th Cir. affirmed bankruptcy court (ND Cal.) order converted debtors' chapter 13 case to chapter 7. Debtors' attempts to misrepresent interest in non-residential property, including...
BAP for 8th Circuit affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (WD Missouri - KC) denying debtors' motions for (1) sanctions against attorney for creditor; (2) to alter or amend the order denying the...
BAP for 8th Cir. affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (D. Neb.) granting debtors' motion for summary judgment on creditor's 11 USC 523 suit. There were no genuine issues of material fact and debtors...
"Mutuality," as that term is used in 553 of the Bankruptcy Code, is a distinct statutory requirement that cannot be expanded by contractual or state law concepts of setoff. "Mutuality" means only...
A creditor or debt collector who violates the bankruptcy discharge, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA"), and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") was not entitled to have its...
Affirming the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC), the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) saw no error in its inferring of the verboten intent in a...
Judge(s):
Scott H. Gan; William J. Lafferty III; and Robert J. Faris
Affirming the lower court’s grant of summary judgment to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Circuit) held that the termination of a...
Judge(s):
Eugene E. Siler Jr.; Julia S. Gibbons; and John B. Nalbandian
