Section 523(a)(19) of the Bankruptcy Code does not require a judgment creditor to re-litigate securities violations in bankruptcy court if a court of competent jurisdiction has entered a judgment...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit concluded that a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in declining to exercise residual jurisdiction over claims alleged in an adversary...
The Sixth Circuit affirmed an order of the bankruptcy court, holding that several mortgage lenders had standing to appeal but failed to meet the person-aggrieved test because they lacked a direct...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy judge's denial of a debtor defendant's motion for attorneys' fees under Section 523(d) after the debtor prevailed...
The bankruptcy court properly held that the debtors' obligation to plaintiff was not dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6) because the evidence showed that the male debtor had intentionally...
After the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas did not approve all fees requested in a law firm's fee application, the district court affirmed most of the fee reductions. On...
The Ninth Circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel held the bankruptcy court properly dismissed with prejudice a judgment creditor's claim to except a debt from the debtors' discharge based on...
Providing a useful primer on judicial estoppel in the bankruptcy context, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Massachusetts...
Judge(s):
O. Rogeriee Thompson; Gustavo Gelpí; and Sandra Lynch
The First Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court (D. Mass.) which granted Appellees’ Motion for Summary Judgment on the count for a denial of discharge due to a false oath under 11 U.S.C. §...
Judge(s):
Selya and Lynch, Circuit Judges, and McElroy, District Judge.
The Ninth Circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed a summary judgment excepting a debt from the debtors' discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(3)(A) in the full amount of the creditor's state...
