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.
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
Two judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the dismissal by the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota (DC) of a complaint filed by Anders Rydholm...
Judge(s):
Ralph R. Erickson; Michael J.. Melloy; and Jonathan A. Kobes
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
Finding that the district court had jurisdiction and that abstention was not required, the Court entered a take-nothing judgment on an investment bank's breach of warranty claims against the...
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
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Circuit) reached a third set of conclusions, deeming the decision of Transit Wireless LLC (Transit) to use the remote fiber nodes (Nodes) that it...
Judge(s):
Kent A. Jordan; L. Felipe Restrepo; and David J. Porter
