The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the judgment in favor of a seller, Offshore Specialty Fabricators, LLC (Seller), who had sued the highest bidder at auction for...
Judge(s):
Don Willett; Cory T. Wilson; and Irma Carrillo Ramirez
Due to the lack of due process resulting from the debtors' failure to include a proper mailing address for a debt, no part of the creditor's claim was discharged under 11 U.S.C. § 727.
Judge(s):
Richard R. Clifton, Holly A. Thomas, and Roopali H. Desai, Circuit Judges
Affirming the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Circuit) found no abuse of discretion in the DC's denial of the...
Judge(s):
John M. Walker Jr.; William J. Nardini; and Denny Chin
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held the "safe harbor" of 11 U.S.C. § 546(e), which shields from avoidance certain transfers made “in connection with a securities contract,”...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court didn't err in denying a chapter 11/subchapter V debtor's motion for relief under Fed. R. Bankr. P 9024/Fed. R. Civ. P....
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in approving compensation for a Subchapter V Trustee over a debtor’s objection for work...
In a non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit held that, under Texas law, a landlord and tenant-assignee cannot amend a lease to increase the tenant-assignor’s liability under the lease unless...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the decision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida (BC) concluding that the individual...
Judge(s):
William H. Pryor Jr.; Jill A. Pryor; and Stanley Marcus
Rejecting the holding of a non-precedential summary order, the Second Circuit clarified that parties may be added to an action -- without leave of the court and without reference to Fed. R. Civ. P....
Judge(s):
CALABRESI, NATHAN, Circuit Judges, AND NAGALA, District Judge
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in granting a chapter 7 debtor's motion to reopen a case to avoid a judicial lien on the debtor's LLC...
