The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in calculating a Massachusetts debtor's tenancy by the entirety interest in property for purposes of the formula...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's order permitting a chapter 7 trustee to sell chapter 5 avoidance actions as property of the debtor's estate.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's order denying a debtor's motion to reopen his chapter 13 bankruptcy case because (1) a dismissed bankruptcy...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah’s approval of a settlement between the chapter 7 trustee and the Debtor’s estranged...
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel upheld the bankruptcy court's approval of a settlement, over the objection of the debtor, between a chapter 7 trustee and creditors satisfying the...
The 5th circuit held that the contracts that were at issue were not ambiguous. And, the definitions of critical terms contained within the contracts (that were the central focus of the disputes)...
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the cram down provision of Section 1225(a)(5)(B)(ii) requires the bankruptcy court evaluate the ultimate risk of nonpayment, therefore courts using a...
The Sixth Circuit affirmed, ruling that the “Shared Responsibility Payment” for individuals who did not purchase qualifying individual health insurance plans as required by the Affordable Care...
Affirming the "person aggrieved" standard for standing to appeal an order of the bankruptcy court, the Fifth Circuit held that a party without an allowed claim against the debtor does not have...
Affirming the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (BC and DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit deemed the payment of a $3.3 million...
Judge(s):
Jerry E. Smith; Patrick E. Higginbotham; and Kurt D. Engelhardt
