The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held a district court didn't abuse its discretion in dismissing the appellant's employment discrimination cases, without prejudice, based on judicial...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in approving a Chapter 7 Trustee's settlement of legal claims filed by Appellants against the debtor and third...
In this direct appeal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the ruling of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (BC) that the trustee for two...
Judge(s):
Kyle S. Duncan; Jennifer W. Elrod; and Irma C. Ramirez
Dismissal of an involuntary bankruptcy petition under the abstention statute, 11 U.S.C. § 305(a), does not deprive the debtor of its rights to seek fees and damages under 11 U.S.C. § 303(i), and...
In this non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the decision of the District Court affirming the decision of the Bankruptcy Court finding in favor of the chapter 7 trustee avoiding a...
Judge(s):
CHAGARES, Chief Judge, PORTER and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court’s “Declaration Order,” which had clarified that its previous orders barred the lessor-appellant from challenging the validity of a lease...
McIntyre had business disputes with Fangman. After interpleading the amount he admitted owing in a state court, he filed a pro se Chapter 13 bankruptcy in which he challenged the state court's...
Section 1334(d) of title 28 of the United States Code establishes that a Circuit Court of Appeals does not have jurisdiction to review a bankruptcy court's permissive abstention from hearing a...
In affirming the lower courts, the Fifth Circuit holds that state court litigation in Kansas can and should proceed unaffected by a reopened chapter 7 bankruptcy case after the Chapter 7 trustee...
In this non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the decision of the District Court finding that the Bankruptcy Court lacked good cause to reopen the former confirmed chapter 11 case of...
Judge(s):
CHAGARES, Chief Judge, MATEY and FUENTES, Circuit Judges
