A panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld (2-1) the bankruptcy court's order awarding attorneys' fees to appellee judgment creditor. The majority held that the bankruptcy court properly...
The pre-petition work claims were not for "back pay attributable to any period of time occurring after commencement of the case" and thus did not qualify for administrative-expense priority under...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a district court's order dismissing Appellant's Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claim against a debt collector Appellee acting on behalf...
Circuit Court affirmed the lower courts' dismissal of pro se debtor's adversary proceeding which sought to discharge her student loans for failure to timely effectuate service on the United States...
In an opinion arising out of the restructuring of Puerto Rico's public power company (PRRS and PREPA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that GoldenTree Asset Management and...
Judge(s):
William J. Kayatta Jr.; O. Rogeriee Thompson; and Julie Rikelman
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Circuit) dismissed the appeal of the Kentucky Employees Retirement Systems (KERS) of the denial of its petition for leave to appeal and the...
Because the Debtor's own actions and statements to his creditor obscured the applicability of the discharge order from his prior bankruptcy - which did not list or disclose the debtor's debt owed...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in concluding a debtor, who operated a property rental business, could not exempt real property from the...
The Rooker-Feldman doctrine prevents a federal bankruptcy court from reviewing a state court's decision that a debt owed to a casino was not discharged in an individual debtor's chapter 7 case. ...
Even though LAP failed to list Raymond James as a creditor when it filed for bankruptcy, Raymond James is nevertheless subject to the confirmation plan because of its actual knowledge of the...
