The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Circuit) held that Ricky Hughes (DR), a former chapter 13 debtor whose first plan payment dated nearly 10 years earlier, had the standing to...
Judge(s):
Ralph R. Erickson; Michael J. Melloy; and David Stras
Resolving consolidated appeals by A&D Property Consultants LLC (AD) of a decision by the circuit's bankruptcy appellate panel (BAP) affirming two bankruptcy court (BC) orders, the U.S. Court of...
Judge(s):
Sidney R. Thomas; Eric D. Miller; and Richard D. Bennett
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the dismissal of the decision of the circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) to affirm the partial dismissal of an adversary...
Judge(s):
Sidney R. Thomas; Gabriel P. Sanchez; and Consuelo Callahan
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the tax court's determination that the consent order entered between the IRS and Breland during the pendency of his chapter 11 bankruptcy did not fix Breland's tax...
Reviewing a non-bankruptcy judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) held an original mortgagee's...
Judge(s):
Candace Jackson-Akiwumi; Diane Wood; and Thomas Kirsch
As had the tria, court below, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed orders issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada (BC) that denied the claim of...
Judge(s):
Mary H. Murguia; Salvador Mendoza Jr.; and Ana de Alba
While agreeing that a strict application of 11 U.S.C. § 109(a) would prohibit an individual who does live in the United States from being a debtor in a Chapter 15 proceeding, the Eleventh Circuit...
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court and Bankruptcy Court holdings that the chapter 11 debtors' motion to bring malpractice claims against their bankruptcy counsel was...
In this non-bankruptcy opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (DC) not to award a...
Judge(s):
Leslie H. Southwick; James L. Dennis; and Carl E. Stewart
