The Fourth Circuit affirmed both the bankruptcy court’s and district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the chapter 7 trustee. The Fourth Circuit found that the $1 million deposited...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the rulings in the District Court and Bankruptcy Court denying a Rule 60 motion of a fee order providing for joint and several liability for the fees by...
The district court granted a motion by Dow Corning Corp. (Dow) to terminate certain funding obligations of Dow under the confirmed bankruptcy plan which established a trust to pay silicone-get...
In dueling appeals arising from the same case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the grant by the district court of the motion for summary judgment, based on the...
Judge(s):
Jennifer Walker Elrod; Edith Brown Clement; and Irma Carrillo Ramirez
In a decision that hinged on whether a transfer of part of a lessee's interest in real property was a sublease or an assignment under Louisiana law, the court affirmed the bankruptcy court's...
Finding that the Bankruptcy Court misinterpreted its opinion from a prior appeal, the Fifth Circuit reverses in part the confirmation order and remands to the District Court to rewrite the plan's...
Legacy HOA was not a creditor of individual debtor Dombrowski, therefore Legacy did not violate the automatic stay and was not bound by the debtor's confirmed chapter 11 plan. The Eleventh Circuit...
Circuit Court affirmed Bankruptcy Court's and District Court's dismissal of claims brought by non-debtors for breach of fiduciary duty and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty. These claims...
The Third Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's summary judgment ruling that a claim is not time barred when the claimant timely files a proof of claim in the bankruptcy case but does not file a...
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of the adversary proceeding against the Insurer for lack of standing. The Fourth Circuit held that: (1) the Geostellar Trustee lacked...
