BAP for 8th Cir. affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (D. Minn - St. Paul) entering judgment on 523(a)(6) claim in favor of debtor. BAP found no error in bankruptcy court ruling that creditor failed...
A debtor claiming federal exemptions under 11 U.S.C. § 522 may exempt 100% of the value of his or her interest in the asset rather than the value of the asset itself.
NOTE: this is a narrow...
The Sixth Circuit reverses the imposition of sanctions by the bankruptcy court under Rule 9011 and 28 USC Sec. 1927 (but affirms the BAP), holding that Grusin did not file the debtors petition,...
Bankruptcy Court correctly dismissed Chapter 13 based on material defaults under confirmed plan where Debtor stopped making plan payments and refused to surrender property notwithstanding plan that...
BAP for 9th Circuit affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (ED Wash.) denying motion for relief from stay by creditors seeking to enforce option agreement to purchase stock from ch. 13 debtor. Option...
Questions of whether an entity is eligible to be a debtor under Bankruptcy Code § 109 or had the proper corporate authorization to file its case are not jurisdictional; accordingly, the bankruptcy...
BAP for 10th Circuit affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (W.D. Okla.) denying creditors' claim for breach of contract. Bankruptcy court properly considered parole evidence under Oklahoma contract...
In a summary order, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s November 15, 2016 judgment, finding that five of the appellant’s arguments were meritless for the same...
Judge(s):
The Honorable José A. Cabranes; The Honorable Debra A. Livingston; and The Honorable Richard W. Goldberg of the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation.
On an issue of first impression, the Eleventh Circuit concluded that section 362(k) of the Bankruptcy Code authorizes the payment of attorney's fees and costs incurred by debtors in stopping a...
Judge(s):
Ed Carnes, Chief Judge, and Black, Circuit Judge, and May, District Judge