The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) upheld the bankruptcy court's decision overruling the debtor's objection to the claim of the debtor's brother based on both a factual finding that...
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 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court order dismissing a creditor's amended pleading upon concluding that § 523(a)(4) does not except debts of a trustee...
Judge(s):
Charles R. Wilson; Elizabeth L. Branch; and Barbara Lagoa
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 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
Years after Douglas Kelley (TR), liquidating trustee for Petters Company, Inc.,, secured a default judgment against Capital Strategies Fund, Ltd. (CS), a recipient of funds from the “infamous”...
Judge(s):
Amy J. St. Eve; Michael B. Brennan; and Michael Y. Scudder
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California (BC) not to hold a state court non-debtor...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; William J. Lafferty III; and Julia W. Brand
Affirming the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC), the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) discerned no abuse of discretion or err in its...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Scott H. Gan; and Laura S. Taylor
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the declaratory judgment of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona (BC), issued at the conclusion of a two-day...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Julia W. Brand; and Laura S. Taylor
Like the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit (BAP) that it fully affirmed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed a bankruptcy court's decision valuing the...
Judge(s):
Harris L. Hartz; Bobby Ray Baldock; and Carolyn B. McHugh
