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...
The Eleventh Circuit upheld the rulings of the bankruptcy court and district court, finding that taxi drivers lacked standing to pursue breach of contract claims against airport authority arising...
In a very short opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court's dismissal of an appeal of a settlement, which included a sale approved under 11 U.S.C. §...
The circuit court held that courts must follow a two-step analysis to determine which presumption of reliance, the Affiliated Ute presumption or the Basic presumption, is applicable in...
The circuit court dismissed Plaintiff’s claims, affirming the district court’s decision. 31 U.S.C. § 9309 allows a surety to sue other parties under a bond, but not any other party. State law...
The circuit court affirmed the district court’s decision to dismiss Plaintiffs’ appeal of a bankruptcy court order that approved a settlement between Debtor and Creditor. The appellate courts...
The circuit court reversed part of the district court’s affirmation of the bankruptcy court’s judgment and affirmed the rest. The forum-selection clause in Debtors’ and Defendants’ contract...
