11th Circuit didn't have appellate jurisdiction to review a direct, certified appeal of a Bankruptcy Court's order dismissing a complaint because the complaint involved a related...
In a pithy opinion by Judge Posner, the Court found that applicable New York law prohibits a party from obtaining the benefits of a contract while failing to shoulder the burdens of that...
Bankruptcy court's order denying debtor's fee motion is vacated, and case is remanded to determine whether adversary proceeding was an action on a sales contract and whether attorney's fees are...
Bankruptcy court applied an incorrect standard of proof when balancing the relative harms to the parties in its denial of a stay relief motion.
The Bankruptcy Court abused its discretion in denying the debtor's motion to reopen his chapter 7 case, pursuant to section 350(b), based solely upon the passage of time, where the debtor...
Circuit court found that tax court never reached the issue as to interest due and owing for tax year 1998 because it did not have jurisdiction to do so. As such, it was not improper for...
