The 8th Circuit affirmed the ruling of the U.S. District Court (E.D. Ark.), which affirmed the ruling of the bankruptcy court that state court award of attorneys' fees was nondischargeable....
John Nagle Co. v. McCarthy (In re The Cousins Fish Market, Inc.)
Ruling:
Holdings: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that:
1) that the Bankruptcy Court did not abuse its discretion in excluding evidence from the bench trial that had not been...
Judge(s):
JOSÉ A. CABRANES,
SUSAN L. CARNEY,
CHRISTOPHER F. DRONEY,
Summarized by David Banker , Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
10 years 1 week ago
Citation:
No. 15-2833 (3d Cir. May 10, 2016)
Ruling:
Five alleged preferential transfers made by Net Pay (a payroll processor) to the IRS, on behalf of five different clients, were not avoidable under 11 U.S.C. § 547(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. Four...
9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Case No. CC-15-1180-FCTa (February 24, 2016)
Ruling:
The 9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ("BAP") entered two separate rulings related to the same facts. The BAP held that in tolling statutes of limitations, the courts have typically assumed...
9th Circuit BAP Case Nos. NC-14-1440-KuWJu and NC-14-1515-KuWJu (Not for Publication)
Ruling:
The 9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ("BAP") affirmed the bankruptcy court's order approving the sale of real property. In regards to the issue of The Zuercher Trust of 1999 ("Trust") and...
Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Case No. EC-14-1550-DJuF (December 11, 2015) Published
Ruling:
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ("BAP") dismissed, as equitably moot, Franklin High Yield Tax-Free Income Fund and Franklin California High Yield Municipal Fund (collectively,...
In the Memorandum decision by the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Pane determined not to be appropriate for publication, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel appeal of the bankruptcy court order...
There are three components necessary for constitutional standing, which include (1) injury in fact (2) causation and (3) redressability. The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ("BAP")...
Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Case No. CC-15-1012-FKiKu (Not For Publication)
Ruling:
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ("BAP") vacated the bankruptcy court's order holding that Samuel Farah's ("Appellee") debt owed by Kamal Zeeb ("Appellant") was nondischargeable. The pre-petition...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ("BAP"), in the ruling determined not appropriate for publication, vacated the bankruptcy court's order dismissing the Chapter 11 case as a bad faith filing and...