The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the ruling of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) that found no bankruptcy court jurisdiction...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Gary A. Spraker; and Laura S. Taylor
In this appeal by Swarnjit Singh Sahni (CR), a creditor, of the order confirming the first amended chapter 13 plan (Plan), as filed by Yoshihiro Tajima and Tomoko Nakajima (DRs), by the U.S....
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; William J. Lafferty III; and Scott H. Gan
In an appeal by a chapter 11 debtor of a bankruptcy court’s judgment for it and against three persons and denial of motion to amend, the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP)...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; William J. Lafferty III; and Julia W. Brand
A creditor was bound by a confirmed reorganization plan, even if the creditor was never served, because: (i) the creditor filed a motion for relief from the automatic stay, thus appearing in the...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S, Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California (BC) that reopened an adversary proceeding,...
Judge(s):
Julia W. Brand; Gary A. Spraker; and Robert J. Faris
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Circuit) reversed the grant of summary judgment by the bankruptcy court (BC), later affirmed by a bankruptcy appellate panel, in favor of Jay and...
Judge(s):
Lavenski R. Smith; Raymond W. Gruender; and Jonathan A. Kobes
In a per curiam opinion, like the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana (DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the decision of the U.S....
Judge(s):
Edith H. Jones; Stephen A. Higginson; and Kyle S. Duncan
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) found a post-petition order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (DC) deeming a predecessor-in-interest to Censo LLC...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Laura S. Taylor; and Robert J. Faris
Seeing no error and thus no abuse of discretion, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit affirmed orders, issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington...
Affirming the bankruptcy court, the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (the “BAP”) held that the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion when it found that Appellee’s...
Judge(s):
Hon. Scott H. Gann; Hon. Julia W. Brand; Hon. Gary A. Spraker (U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, Ninth Circuit). Appeal from a ruling by Hon. Joseph M. Meier (Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Idaho)
