Disagreeing with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in In re Rosenfeld,
23 F.3d 833 (4th Cir. 1994), the Ninth Circuit held that post-petition condominium association...
Judge(s):
SMITH, MURGUIA, and EDUARDO C. ROBRENO (E.D. Pa., sitting by designation)
The Court of Appeals vacated the District Court's sanction order, and remanded to impose a new sanction. Under Pennsylvania law, tenants by the entirety legally are treated as one person, and...
Judge(s):
Geenaway, Jr., Krause, Circuit Judges, and Jones, District Judge sitting by designation.
An ambiguous tax allocation agreement between a debtor and its subsidiary that filed consolidated tax returns gave the debtor only mere legal title to a refund based on the subsidiary's prior...
9th Cir. BAP held that a bankruptcy court has authority under § 105(a) and Rule 2004 to compel a debtor to sign a "Consent Directive" which directs foreign banks and financial institutions that...
9th Cir. reversed district court (D. Or.), which had affirmed bankruptcy court ruling granting chapter 11 debtor's motion to designate claims for bad faith and preclude the claims from being voted...
The 9th Circuit reversed the district court’s dismissal for lack of standing of an appeal from a bankruptcy court order that authorized a Chapter 7 trustee to assume an executory contract, where...
Judge(s):
A. Wallace Tashima and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges, and Matthew F. Kennelly, District Judge
The bankruptcy court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over a dispute between the liquidating trustee for a bankruptcy estate and a third party which claimed ownership of property formerly...
District Court ruling vacated and remanded in light of changed circumstances. Specifically, remanded for district court to consider whether dismissal of an individual's confirmed chapter 11...
