The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the judgment of the circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) concluding that it lacked jurisdiction over appeals of orders of...
Judge(s):
Joel M. Carson III; Allison H. Eid; and Veronica S. Rossman
Applying a circuit rule--that a contempt order that contemplates imposing attorneys’ fees as a contempt sanction but does not specify the amount of any award is not a final, appealable order; the...
Judge(s):
Robin S. Rosenbaum; Elizabeth L. Branch; and Andrew L. Brasher
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit discerned no error in the orders of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon (BC) overruling the objections of Rita K....
Judge(s):
Frederick P. Corbit; Robert J. Faris; and Julia W. Brand
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to rule on the Eastern District of New York Court's order vacating the Bankruptcy Court's entry of...
In this challenge by Kenneth Pettine (DR), a chapter 7 debtor, of the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado (BC) granting the motion by a trustee (TR) for a charging...
Judge(s):
Robert H. Jacobvitz; Dale L. Somers; and Janice Loyd
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed two orders of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (DC) finding that the district's bankruptcy court (BC)...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Sixth Circuit affirmed an order dismissing the pro se debtor’s complaint for lack of jurisdiction in her reopened bankruptcy case. The Panel agreed with...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit dismissed an appeal of an order denying relief from the automatic stay to complete a foreclosure sale as constitutionally moot. No live...
Affirming the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (BC and DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit deemed the payment of a $3.3 million...
Judge(s):
Jerry E. Smith; Patrick E. Higginbotham; and Kurt D. Engelhardt
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California granting summary judgment excepting the debt...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Robert J. Faris; and Gary A. Spraker
