The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the judgment of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) that claim and issue preclusion barred...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; Scott H. Gan; and Christopher M. Klein
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Washington (BC) denying a creditor’s motion for...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's finding that State Farm's claim was nondischargeable under § 523(a)(6), because the evidence supported each element and the...
Affirming the bankruptcy court, the 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) held that attorney fee awards related to enforce or defend issues involving child support, visitation or custody...
Judge(s):
Anita L. Shodeen, Dennis R. Dow, and Kathleen Hvass Sanberg
The plaintiff's failure to serve a summons on a defendant in a defendant in an adversary proceeding as required by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7004(e), and failure to timely cure his failure to properly...
The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's decision to deny the Creditor's motion for summary judgment, because the Creditor failed to show that the transfer to the...
Sustaining the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s affirmance of the bankruptcy court’s summary judgment grant, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Circuit) held malpractice claims...
Judge(s):
Richard F. Suhrheinrich; Bernice B. Donald; and Eric E. Murphy
Affirming the district court’s reversal of the decision of the bankruptcy court (BC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) held that a debtor (DR) with two...
Judge(s):
Priscilla R. Owen; Jacques L. Wiener Jr.; and James L. Dennis
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the order, of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (BC), denying relief requested by the debtor,...
Judge(s):
Anita L. Shodeen; Kathleen H. Sandberg; and Dennis R. Dow