The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s (BAP) reversal of the bankruptcy court's decision finding that Creditor’s claims were nondischargeable....
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit affirmed the other courts’ decisions against Debtor. The Court’s ruling that limits district courts’ ability to retroactively confer...
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of two consolidated cases under the doctrine of forum non conveniens, finding that the suits were better suited for litigation in...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Merit System Protection Board’s decision dismissing Plaintiff's individual right of action (“IRA”) appeal for a lack of...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment affirming the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of adversarial proceedings surrounding state criminal convictions...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (“6th Cir.”) dismissed the appeal of the Chapter 13 trustee for lack of jurisdiction, holding that the district court’s orders were...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a district court's sua sponte dismissal, with prejudice, of a pro se plaintiff/debtor's in forma pauperis complaint against a bankruptcy...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held a magistrate judge properly exercised jurisdiction to enter a final judgment in an appeal from an adversary proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reinstated a bankruptcy court's order sanctioning the Appellee Law Firm by (a) disgorging all fees it collected from the ch. 7 Debtors/Appellants as...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy judge's entry of a contempt order and default judgment against the appellant/defendant/debtor in a non-dischargeability action...
