Affirming the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Circuit) found no abuse of discretion in the DC's denial of the...
Judge(s):
John M. Walker Jr.; William J. Nardini; and Denny Chin
In a non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit held that, under Texas law, a landlord and tenant-assignee cannot amend a lease to increase the tenant-assignor’s liability under the lease unless...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the decision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida (BC) concluding that the individual...
Judge(s):
William H. Pryor Jr.; Jill A. Pryor; and Stanley Marcus
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel and bankruptcy court's summary judgment in favor of the government in a chapter 7 debtor's adversary proceeding to determine...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Circuit) dismissed the appeals of the memorandum and order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa (DC) by two...
In non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's decision to reject an individual pro se Debtor's proposed structured dismissal and instead dismiss the Debtor's...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (DC) for the same reasons cited by the latter in its order...
Judge(s):
Paul J, Kelly Jr.; Scott Matheson Jr.; and Allison H. Eid
In an opinion arising out of the restructuring of Puerto Rico's public power company (PRRS and PREPA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that GoldenTree Asset Management and...
Judge(s):
William J. Kayatta Jr.; O. Rogeriee Thompson; and Julie Rikelman
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Circuit) dismissed the appeal of the Kentucky Employees Retirement Systems (KERS) of the denial of its petition for leave to appeal and the...
The Court clarifies standards a court must apply when deciding civil action abstention motions in deference to a pending foreign bankruptcy proceeding. First, the court must find the civil action...
