This decision is not recommended for publication and has no precedential value. Bankruptcy Code 11 U.S.C. §541 did not prevent members of an LLC from enforce the Transfer Restrictions in their...
In a per curiam opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) found William Paul Burch (Debtor) to have raised no nonfrivolous issues on appeal and thus denied his motion to...
Judge(s):
Patrick E. Higginbotham; S. Kyle Duncan; and Charles R. Wilson
The BAP for the 8th Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court (D. Minn.) which denied the Debtor’s 27 motions, including requests to reopen the bankruptcy case, review prior rulings, and revisit the...
While the judges divided over the preferred approach and proper reasoning, this panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) unanimously agreed that the underlying arbitration...
Judge(s):
Leslie H. Southwick; Edith H. Jones; and Andrew S. Oldham
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court's dismissal of tort claims under Kentucky law against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. related to its wrongful denial of requests for...
Appellants failed to raise § 502(e) in bankruptcy court and thus waived the issue on appeal. BAP found that § 502(e) did not apply because the Estate no longer had a co-obligation with a...
Judge(s):
Hon. Laura S. Taylor; Hon. Gary A. Spraker; Hon. Scott H. Gan
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit upheld a bankruptcy court's post-trial judgment excepting a $514,245 debt from the chapter 7 debtor/appellant's discharge under 11 USC §...
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) upheld the bankruptcy court's decision overruling the debtor's objection to the claim of the debtor's brother based on both a factual finding that...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit found a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in denying a chapter 13 debtor's motion to reconsider an order denying her contempt motion....
In a case so complex to require a timeline, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Circuit) dismissed those aspects deemed moot without any merit review but affirmed the grant of summary...
Judge(s):
Gustavo Gelpí; Kermit V. Lipez; and O. Regeriee Thompson
