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
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in denying a debtor's motion for leave to sue the Chapter 11 Trustee in state court for alleged...
The Court of Appeals held that the bankruptcy court’s handling of approval of the settlement of class claims, “predicated on 28 U.S.C. § 1334(a) or (b), rather than in the court where the...
Judge(s):
Judge Edith H. Jones, Judge James C. Ho, and Judge Cory T. Wilson
The 5th Circuit vacated and remanded the bankruptcy and district court judgments with instructions to dismiss. It held that the bankruptcy court lacked jurisdiction to approve post-confirmation...
Affirming the denial of the motion to compel abandonment of the estate's interest in her home by Machele Goetz (Goetz) by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri (BC), the...
Judge(s):
Shon Hastings; Michael E. Ridgway; and Anita L. Shodeen
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that 11 U.S.C.§§ 105(a) and 1123(b)(6), and prior Second Circuit authority, permit Purdue Pharma L.P. and related entities to include...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (DC) dismissing, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil...
Judge(s):
Stephanie D. Davis; Jeffrey Sutton; and Joan Larsen
