The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the First Circuit (BAP), which itself affirmed the entry of summary judgment by...
Judge(s):
Jeffrey R. Howard; Sandra L. Lynch; and William J. Kayatta Jr.
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's ruling against the debtor regarding alleged violations of the stay and discharge injunction against the loan servicer. ...
The 9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel upheld the bankruptcy court's rulings granting relief from the automatic stay under section 362(d)(1) and (d)(4) and dismissing the chapter 13 case where...
The BAP, in affirming the bankruptcy court, held three things:
1) dismissals, even those brought under § 1307(b) requires a court to consider the § 349(a) possibility of dismissal with...
A judgment entered by a California court against a debtor for fraud is entitled to preclusive effect, even if the debtor did not participate in the state-court trial, so long as there is an...
The priority cap for employee benefit plan claims in 11 U.S.C. § 507(a)(5) is determined on a plan-by-plan basis, even if the same union is the sponsor for two or more plans. Section 507(a)(5)'s...
A Chapter 13 debtor who does not make all plan payments within the five-year maximum plan period is not eligible for a discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 1328(a), even if the debtor makes the payments...
Finding no error in the ruling, made by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota (BC), on the amount of damages owed to Madison Resource Funding Corp. (Madison) by Jerry Marsh...
Judge(s):
Charles L. Nail, Jr.; Barry S. Schermer; and Thomas L. Saladino
In this latest chapter of a long-running dispute over farmland (Property) once owned by John and Lorie Finstad (Finstads)—and their second federal appeal involving that parcel’s ownership—the...
Judge(s):
James B. Loken; William D. Benton; and Jane L. Kelly
The BAP held the bankruptcy court did not err in finding all of the Plaintiff's injuries resulted from the Debtor's willful and malicious acts, because the record showed the Debtor, the aggressor,...
