The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (BC): (1) denying motions for a case's...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the ruling of the district court deeming an arbitrator's binding award of half the increase in value of the retirement savings...
Judge(s):
David F. Hamilton; Diane S. Sykes; and Michael S. Kanne
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit (BAP) found no abuse of discretion in the "common-sense" decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado (BC) to order...
Judge(s):
Terrence L. Michael; Cathleen D. Parker; and William T. Thurman
Affirming a grant of summary judgment by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada (BC), the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) agreed with its conclusion as to...
Judge(s):
Scott H. Gan; Laura S. Taylor; and William J. Lafferty III
More than two decades after the shareholders of NationsBank and BankAmerica first filed securities law class actions after these two merged to form Bank of America Corp. (1999) and nearly two...
Judge(s):
James B. Loken; Jane L. Kelly; and Ralph P. Erickson
Confronting a byzantine fact pattern in but the latest aspect of a “multi-forum Whack-a-Mole tournament," the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed a bankruptcy...
Judge(s):
Christopher M. Klein; Laura S. Taylor; and Julia W. Brand
Disposing of an appeal filed by a chapter 13 debtor named "Eric Dutra" (DR), the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Scott H. Gan; and Mary Jo Heston
In an opinion disposing of two appeals by one creditor, Hadi Zeghuzi (CR), of the Sunny Hills Aquatic Club (DR), the debtor - one of an order issued by the bankruptcy court (BC) sustaining the DR's...
Judge(s):
Gary A. Spraker; Robert J. Faris; and Julia W. Brand
Presented with a creditor (CR) seeking to avoid the discharge of debt allegedly caused by a nondebtor spouse's fraud, the BAP found that the CR's non-dischargeability complaint had been...
Judge(s):
Scott H. Gan; Christopher M. Klein; and Laura S. Taylor
Remanding to the Bankruptcy Court for District of Minnesota (BC), the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit (BAP) first vacate the BC's ruling denying a creditor's objection to the...
Judge(s):
Charles L. Nail, Jr.; Barry S. Schermer; and Thomas L. Saladino
