In the latest installment of a long-running family saga, one family member's argument that an order approving a trustee's sale of real estate and preserving the "liens, claims, and encumbrances"...
In non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's decision to reject an individual pro se Debtor's proposed structured dismissal and instead dismiss the Debtor's...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to disallow or recharacterize a claim. A significant problem the appellant...
The 11th Circuit had jurisdiction because the "motion for leave" was construed as a motion for reconsideration under Rule 59 and therefore, tolled the 30 day deadline for an appeal. As to the...
Judge(s):
Charles R. Wilson, Jill A. Pryor, Andrew L. Brasher
The Fifth Circuit ruled that the district court correctly held that the appeal was statutorily moot under section 363(m) (and that the Supreme Court’s ruling in MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v....
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (DC) for the same reasons cited by the latter in its order...
Judge(s):
Paul J, Kelly Jr.; Scott Matheson Jr.; and Allison H. Eid
A panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld (2-1) the bankruptcy court's order awarding attorneys' fees to appellee judgment creditor. The majority held that the bankruptcy court properly...
The pre-petition work claims were not for "back pay attributable to any period of time occurring after commencement of the case" and thus did not qualify for administrative-expense priority under...
Res judicata does not bind the non-bankrupt corporate parent of a debtor that commences an adversary proceeding and then stipulates to its dismissal of the debtor's claim because the bankruptcy...
In an opinion arising out of the restructuring of Puerto Rico's public power company (PRRS and PREPA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that GoldenTree Asset Management and...
Judge(s):
William J. Kayatta Jr.; O. Rogeriee Thompson; and Julie Rikelman
