Sixth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel dismissed appeal by a creditor of an interim fee award granted to
Debtor's counsel finding that: (i) the interim fee award was not a final order, and...
The court first consider the choice-of-law issue. The court rejected the Nurseries’ arguments that the district court erred
in determining the law applicable to the parties’ lien dispute. On...
The automatic stay provision of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (section 362 incorporated through section 301(a), 48 U.S.C. section 2161(a)) applies to certain...
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the rulings of the Bankruptcy Court and 6th Cir. BAP, (i) finding that jurisdiction existed for removal of the case from state court to the District Court (and referral...
Bankruptcy court correctly found debtor in contempt for a willful stay violation because debtor knew of the automatic stay and acted intentionally to violate it.
Because the tortious interference claim alleging a direct injury to the company's former CEO is not property of the estate, there is no basis for bankruptcy court jurisdiction.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the orders of the Bankruptcy Court and District Court, finding, in part, that the Bankruptcy Court lacked jurisdiction to transfer the trustee’s...
The Third Circuit affirmed the lower courts' rulings that the bankruptcy court had statutory and constitutional jurisdiction to disallow a claimant's hostile workplace and wrongful termination...
BAP for 9th Cir. dismissed appeal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction based on 28 USC 1447(d)'s prohibition against appellate review of remand orders. Bankruptcy court's (D. Nev.) reasoning...
BAP for 9th Cir. affirmed in part and reversed in part ruling of bankruptcy court (CD Cal.) granting summary judgment to creditor on 11 USC 523 claim and claim of setoff and recoupment. Under...
