The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a district court's order dismissing an amended complaint, sua sponte, based on judicial estoppel as the plaintiff/appellant did not disclose...
The circuit court denied Creditor’s petition for rehearing en banc. A debtor’s financial condition is irrelevant for the purpose of assessing federal court subject-matter jurisdiction in a...
Creditors must affirmatively demonstrate their intent to enforce claims against debtors before creditor’s claim bar date. Debtors’ schedules do not constitute informal proofs of claim and do...
A bankruptcy court's holdings in a dischargeability adversary proceeding between a creditor and the debtor are not binding on the debtor's chapter 7 trustee unless the trustee is made a party to...
Judge(s):
REENA RAGGI, GERARD E. LYNCH, MICHAEL H. PARK, Circuit Judges.
The circuit court affirmed the district court’s decision upholding the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of Debtors’ petition and imposition of a new filing bar. The bankruptcy court had the...
The circuit court affirmed the district court’s finding that the bankruptcy court did not err by annulling the automatic stay or denying Debtor's motion for reconsideration. The record supported...
In consolidated appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held (1) it lacked appellate jurisdiction to hear a first appeal taken from a district court's order denying as moot a...
In this consolidated appeal of two decisions by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (DC) by creditor Shanni Snyder (Snyder) arising out of the bankruptcy of U Lock,...
Judge(s):
Stephanos Bibas; Arianna J. Freeman; and Richard L. Nygaard
The circuit court affirmed the district court’s finding that Creditor’s appeal was equitably moot. Creditor did not move to stay the bankruptcy court’s confirmation order; relief would be...
Judge(s):
Reena Raggi, Raymond J. Lohier, Jr., and Michael H. Park
