The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the bankruptcy court and district court's denials of an investor's post-confirmation objection to a plan that provided for the cancellation of equity...
The circuit court found that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (“PBGC”) regulations are valid exercises of its power under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The PBGC’s...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decisions of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel and the bankruptcy court that the debtor could not assume a settlement agreement with a pension fund...
Judge(s):
Marsha S. Berzon, Michelle T. Friedland, and Salvador Mendoza, Jr.
On rehearing, the Circuit Court affirmed its prior decision affirming the District Court's denial of a title company and its employee, ("FA Defendants"), motion to compel arbitration of an action...
In this non-precedential ruling the Third Circuit affirmed the judgment of the District Court affirming the decision of the Bankruptcy Court disallowing Appellant's Proof of Claim seeking actual...
The circuit court affirmed the district court’s ruling that the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion by denying Appellant's motion to reconsider an expungement order. The bankruptcy...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the sentence imposed by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (DC) on Douglas Eligha Taylor (DET) upon the...
Judge(s):
Sandra S. Ikuta; Ryan D. Nelson; and Kenneth K. Lee
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a bankruptcy court's award of monetary sanctions under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 against Appellant, a non-attorney pro se litigant. Appellant...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held a bankruptcy court erred in excluding a key witness's deposition testimony at trial. The witness, who was scheduled to testify over multiple...
The circuit court affirmed the bankruptcy court’s decision to reopen Debtor’s bankruptcy case and to hold that Creditor could not recover against Appellant for environmental claims, reversing...
