Affirmed district court and held that Appellant did not have standing to appeal order granting chapter 7 trustee's motion to employ special counsel "because the order did not reach his wallet." ...
On de novo review, the BAP affirmed the Bankruptcy Court's decision to hear, and to dismiss, all seven (7) counts of the State Action. The BAP agreed that a "proceeding" under 28 U.S.C. 1334(c)...
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. "... the Trustee has failed to demonstrate a genuine dispute of material fact on the issue of whether SunTrust owed IPG [the debtor] any...
Judge(s):
Before DUNCAN and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and Leonie M. BRINKEMA, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for Sixth Circuit dismissed appeal that was filed 28 days after entry of final order. Panel ruled the time requirements of 28 USC 158(c)(2) are jurisdictional in nature...
Judge(s):
DELK, HUMPHREY, and PRESTON Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judges
The bankruptcy court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over a dispute between the liquidating trustee for a bankruptcy estate and a third party which claimed ownership of property formerly...
Denial of Rule 60 relief proper when the "new evidence" was available via PACER at the time of trial. Court reiterated its statement in Kunilk v. Racine Cnty., 106 F.3d 168, 174 (7th Cir. 1997),...
Judge(s):
Wood, Chief Judge, and Kanne and Barrett, Circuit Judges
A former officer and shareholder of bankrupt companies did not have standing to sue counsel for the Chapter 11 trustee and special master for malpractice. With absolutely no reference to the Barton...
1. The commencement of a bankruptcy case by the owner of a maritime vessel, and the plaintiff's failure to verify an amended complaint, do not divest the district court of its exclusive in rem...
Judge(s):
Raymond C. Fisher, Richard A. Paez, and Jacqueline H. Nguyen
