5th Cir. affirmed ruling of district court (ND. Miss.), affirming bankruptcy court, which overruled secured creditor's objection to chapter 13 plan treatment for failure to include one time...
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the Bankruptcy Court in part and vacated and remanded in part. The plaintiffs' recovery under the Asbestos Lawsuits is barred because the CNA insurance...
Bankruptcy Court did not abuse its discretion in sua sponte dismissing a single creditor involuntary petition for cause, under 11 U.S.C. 707(a). Bankruptcy Court was being used as a collection...
Tenth Circuit affirmed the judgment of bankruptcy court denying claims for nondischargeability of debt under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(2)(A) and (a)(6), which excepts from discharge any debt obtained “for...
Ninth Circuit BAP affirmed the judgment of bankruptcy court finding community property held by debtor and non-filing spouse, which included the assets of an out-of-state alter-ego corporation, were...
BAP for 9th Cir. affirmed bankruptcy court (D. HI) ruling that creditor did not have maritime lien that attached to settlement proceeds from chapter 7 trustee's settlement with third party...
Bankruptcy court did not commit a reversible error when it annulled the automatic stay nunc pro tunc to validate a postpetition nonjudicial foreclosure sale of real property where the debtor was...
The mental culpability to make a debt non-dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(4) can be established with evidence that the debtor failed to comply with corporate formalities (at least when the...
The Fifth Circuit found that "even assuming that Bennett properly requested leave to amend, he did not file a proposed amended complaint in accordance with Local Rule 7015 for the Western District...
Profit-sharing provision in a lease triggered upon assignment of the lease is an unenforceable anti-assignment provision pursuant to 11 U.S.C. 365(f)(1)
