The bankruptcy court abused its discretion by concluding creditors knowingly violated the discharge injunction because a belief, even an unreasonable one, the discharge injunction did not apply...
Safe-harbor provision of Louisiana Oil Well Lien Act (LOWLA) allowed sale of lessee's overriding royalty interest (ORRI) free and clear of service providers' liens. LOWLA both created liens in...
The Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's (D. Colo.) holding that the debtor’s obligation pursuant to a default judgment obtained by creditors in state court...
A former officer and shareholder of bankrupt companies did not have standing to sue counsel for the Chapter 11 trustee and special master for malpractice. With absolutely no reference to the Barton...
A corporate parent may be held indirectly liable under CERCLA only if the corporate veil separating parent and subsidiary may be pierced under the corporate law of the relevant state. Because...
Exemptions are determined by law based on Debtor's domicile for 730 days pre-petition, Bankruptcy Court conclusion that Debtor's domicile was in Ohio not erroneous.
BAP for 9th Circuit affirmed judgment denying discharge entered by bankruptcy court (C.D. Cal.). Circumstantial evidence and inferences from debtor's conduct established debtor's actual fraudulent...
The Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court's decision, holding that collateral estoppel precludes Spitzer from challenging the original no-preclusion decision that it had intentionally failed...
Judge(s):
NORRIS, ROGERS, and BUSH (opinion of Court by ROGERS)
