The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in granting a creditor in rem relief from the automatic stay under 11 USC § 362(d)(4)....
The bankruptcy court did not err overruling Debtor's objection to claim because the Debtor was bound by an earlier agreement with Secured Creditor for the amount of post-petition interest and late...
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's ruling that a debtor in possession had prudential standing to contest the creditor's §506(b) motion. Also, the Fifth Circuit upheld the district...
Judge(s):
Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham, Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan, and Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt
The court acted within its discretion to remove the debtor as debtor in possession of its chapter 11 Subchapter V case for cause and allow the trustee to convert the case to one under chapter 7...
While the judges divided over the preferred approach and proper reasoning, this panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) unanimously agreed that the underlying arbitration...
Judge(s):
Leslie H. Southwick; Edith H. Jones; and Andrew S. Oldham
Publishing to explain the effect of a “100% of FMV” exemption claim and to reiterate that parties must timely object to any improper exemption claim despite its frivolity, the U.S. Bankruptcy...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; William J. Lafferty; and Julia W. Brand
In a case so complex to require a timeline, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Circuit) dismissed those aspects deemed moot without any merit review but affirmed the grant of summary...
Judge(s):
Gustavo Gelpí; Kermit V. Lipez; and O. Regeriee Thompson
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit (1) upheld a bankruptcy court's determination that it had jurisdiction to approve a trustee's motion to sell real property in accordance with...
Agreeing with the U.S. Bankruptcy and District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois (BC and DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit found bankruptcy in rem jurisdiction...
Judge(s):
Kenneth F. Ripple; Ilana K.D. Rovner; and Thomas L. Kirsch II
In a 2-1 opinion, the Court holds that the Texas Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (TUFTA) allows a junior lienholder to avoid a pre-petition foreclosure sale as a fraudulent transfer where (1) the...