The Eighth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of Debtors’ case; however, it reversed the bankruptcy court’s decision barring Debtors from filing another case for a year. The...
The circuit court reversed part of the district court’s affirmation of the bankruptcy court’s judgment and affirmed the rest. The forum-selection clause in Debtors’ and Defendants’ contract...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit overturned a district court and reinstated a bankruptcy court's ruling that a liquidating trustee under a chapter 11 plan of liquidation could not...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit reversed in part and vacated in part the district court's judgment affirming the bankruptcy court’s awarding of reduced attorney’s fees to Debtor...
Section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code precludes judicial review of “nonconsensual third-party releases” authorized under the confirmed plan, as the insurance policy buyback was integral to the...
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 Court of Appeals found that the facts supported the bankruptcy court's finding that a debt was nondischargeable due to the debtor's failure to disclose material facts before entering into an...
Judge(s):
SANCHEZ and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and DONATO, District Judge, sitting by designation
The 4th Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's determination that the debtor's sale of her residence without prior approval of the bankruptcy court violated the terms of the Local Rule, but it...
Judge(s):
Chief Judge Albert Diaz; Circuit Judge George Steven Agee; Circuit Judge Paul Victor Niemeyer
Circuit Court affirmed Bankruptcy Court's and District Court's dismissal of claims brought by non-debtors for breach of fiduciary duty and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty. These claims...
Court of Appeals affirmed, in part, dismissed the debtor/co-defendants' appeals for lack of standing, and reversed and remanded, in part. Case remanded to the bankruptcy court to consider whether...
