The Seventh Circuit affirmed the award of more than $9.5M in damages to third party TRG Venture Two LLC (“TRG”) caused by creditor Fidelity and Deposit Company’s (“Fidelity”) pursuit of...
Judge(s):
Scudder (opinion author), Kirsch, and Jackson-Akiwumi
Providing a useful primer on judicial estoppel in the bankruptcy context, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Massachusetts...
Judge(s):
O. Rogeriee Thompson; Gustavo Gelpí; and Sandra Lynch
The First Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court (D. Mass.) which granted Appellees’ Motion for Summary Judgment on the count for a denial of discharge due to a false oath under 11 U.S.C. §...
Judge(s):
Selya and Lynch, Circuit Judges, and McElroy, District Judge.
The Ninth Circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed a summary judgment excepting a debt from the debtors' discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(3)(A) in the full amount of the creditor's state...
Though describing as "harsh" certain of its evidentiary rulings against Hea Sook Kang (CR) in her adversary proceeding against chapter 7 debtor Soon Hee Kim (DR) due to the CR's demonstrable...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; William J. Lafferty III; and Frederick P. Corbit
Bankruptcy court did not err in concluding that creditor was a secured creditor and that its attempts to collect a real estate commission claimed by chapter 13 debtor violated the automatic stay.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the oral and written rulings of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) determining that...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; William J. Lafferty III; and Frederick P. Corbit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (DC) that affirmed the dismissal of the claims of...
Judge(s):
John B. Nalbandian; Karen N. Moore; and Eric L. Clay
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in granting a creditor in rem relief from the automatic stay under 11 USC § 362(d)(4)....
When a chapter 13 plan is not confirmed and the case dismissed, the chapter 13 trustee has no right to keep the fee from pre-confirmation payments received by the trustee. This result arises from...
