McIntyre had business disputes with Fangman. After interpleading the amount he admitted owing in a state court, he filed a pro se Chapter 13 bankruptcy in which he challenged the state court's...
As had the tria, court below, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed orders issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada (BC) that denied the claim of...
Judge(s):
Mary H. Murguia; Salvador Mendoza Jr.; and Ana de Alba
The Rooker-Feldman doctrine prevents a federal bankruptcy court from reviewing a state court's decision that a debt owed to a casino was not discharged in an individual debtor's chapter 7 case. ...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the grant of summary judgment to Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai) by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
for the Central District of...
Judge(s):
Frederick P. Corbit; Robert J. Faris; and William J. Lafferty III
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) dismissed as equitably moot an appeal of the order confirming the liquidating plan of Artesian Future Technology, LLC (AFT) and...
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to rule on the Eastern District of New York Court's order vacating the Bankruptcy Court's entry of...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (BC) denying a creditor's motion for ...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada (BC) sustaining the objection of Geo-Logic Associates,...
Judge(s):
Julia W. Brand; Robert J. Faris; and William J. Lafferty III
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 Fifth Circuit declined to invoke equitable mootness, as its review would not "affect the rights of parties not before the Court or the success of the plan." The Court then rejected the...
Judge(s):
Before Weiner, Graves, and Duncan, Circuit Judges. Stuart Kyle Duncan, Circuit Judge, authored the opinion.
