The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court's judgment and held that a maritime lien had attached to the Barges because the lienholder had no actual knowledge of the underlying...
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court and bankruptcy court. The bankruptcy court held that a $25,000.00 sanction was warranted when Adler violated court orders by filing an adversary...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a lower court's decision holding the discharge and injunction in Puerto Rico’s Title III Plan of Adjustment do not apply to...
The Third Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed the district court, which had affirmed the bankruptcy court's ruling holding certain entities that were parties to the bankruptcy and a non-party...
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's judgment of conviction of Samuel Bankman-Fried. The district court’s evidentiary and procedural rulings and jury instructions...
A party, including a creditor objecting to confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan, does not have standing to appeal a bankruptcy court's order unless the party would materially benefit from the relief...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that, under 28 U.S.C. § 1334(d), it lacked jurisdiction to review the district court's decision to abstain from ruling on Plaintiff/Appellant's...
Relying on the harmless error standard in Rule 9005, the court bypassed the issue of whether a bankruptcy court may order the substantive consolidation of two or more entities without the...
Judge(s):
WILLIAM PRYOR, Chief Judge, and BRASHER and ABUDU, Circuit Judges
In a warning to creditors, the court held that service of a summons and complaint on a debt collector was valid service on the creditor that had placed the debt for collection because (1) the...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court's denial of a creditor's interlocutory appeal of the bankruptcy court's order denying arbitration, though on different grounds than...
