The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the bankruptcy court and district court's denials of an investor's post-confirmation objection to a plan that provided for the cancellation of equity...
The circuit court found that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (“PBGC”) regulations are valid exercises of its power under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The PBGC’s...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decisions of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel and the bankruptcy court that the debtor could not assume a settlement agreement with a pension fund...
Judge(s):
Marsha S. Berzon, Michelle T. Friedland, and Salvador Mendoza, Jr.
On rehearing, the Circuit Court affirmed its prior decision affirming the District Court's denial of a title company and its employee, ("FA Defendants"), motion to compel arbitration of an action...
In this non-precedential ruling the Third Circuit affirmed the judgment of the District Court affirming the decision of the Bankruptcy Court disallowing Appellant's Proof of Claim seeking actual...
The circuit court affirmed the district court’s ruling that the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion by denying Appellant's motion to reconsider an expungement order. The bankruptcy...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the sentence imposed by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (DC) on Douglas Eligha Taylor (DET) upon the...
Judge(s):
Sandra S. Ikuta; Ryan D. Nelson; and Kenneth K. Lee
Seeking to clarify the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, the Third Circuit explained that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine applied to preclude federal courts, other than the Supreme Court, from entering any...
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s order affirming the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of the debtor’s complaint objecting to a proof of claim. The Eleventh Circuit held that the...
