The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in granting a chapter 7 debtor's motion to reopen a case to avoid a judicial lien on the debtor's LLC...
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a post-petition increase in the debtor's equity in property in excess of the applicable homestead exemption, that occurs prior to conversion of the...
In the latest installment of a long-running family saga, one family member's argument that an order approving a trustee's sale of real estate and preserving the "liens, claims, and encumbrances"...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel and bankruptcy court's summary judgment in favor of the government in a chapter 7 debtor's adversary proceeding to determine...
In non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's decision to reject an individual pro se Debtor's proposed structured dismissal and instead dismiss the Debtor's...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to disallow or recharacterize a claim. A significant problem the appellant...
The 11th Circuit had jurisdiction because the "motion for leave" was construed as a motion for reconsideration under Rule 59 and therefore, tolled the 30 day deadline for an appeal. As to the...
Judge(s):
Charles R. Wilson, Jill A. Pryor, Andrew L. Brasher
The Fifth Circuit ruled that the district court correctly held that the appeal was statutorily moot under section 363(m) (and that the Supreme Court’s ruling in MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v....
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court's rulings in favor of the holder of a deed of trust in a quiet title action against, inter alia, the purchaser of...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (DC) for the same reasons cited by the latter in its order...
Judge(s):
Paul J, Kelly Jr.; Scott Matheson Jr.; and Allison H. Eid
