Agreeing with the U.S. Bankruptcy and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois (BC and DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) found no error in the...
Judge(s):
Michael B. Brennan; Michael Y. Scudder; and Thomas Kirsch
Like the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit concluded that Kenneth Pucillo (Pucillo) lacked Article III standing to...
Judge(s):
Michael B. Brennan; Thomas Kirsch; and John Z. Lee
Consolidating appeals arising out of the chapter 7 case of Richard Sharif (DR), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the bankruptcy court’s rulings: denying the...
Judge(s):
Frank H. Easterbrook; Diane P. Wood; and Thomas L. Kirsch II
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit concluded that a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in declining to exercise residual jurisdiction over claims alleged in an adversary...
The Sixth Circuit affirmed an order of the bankruptcy court, holding that several mortgage lenders had standing to appeal but failed to meet the person-aggrieved test because they lacked a direct...
In an opinion affirming a contempt finding by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois (BC) affirmed by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (DC),...
Judge(s):
Michael Y. Scudder; Thomas Kirsch; and Candace Jackson-Akiwumi
Providing a useful primer on judicial estoppel in the bankruptcy context, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Massachusetts...
Judge(s):
O. Rogeriee Thompson; Gustavo Gelpí; and Sandra Lynch
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the oral and written rulings of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) determining that...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; William J. Lafferty III; and Frederick P. Corbit
Affirming the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) agreed that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District...
Judge(s):
Priscilla Richman; James C. Ho; and James L. Dennis
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado (BC) to abstain from adjudicating the adversary...
Judge(s):
Sarah A. Hall; Janice D. Lloyd; and William T. Thurman
