The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the bankruptcy court’s order granting the motion to dismiss the third amended complaint of Kimberly Franklin (DR) against U.S....
In this one of two related opinions, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) reversed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) to...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; Robert J. Faris; and William J. Lafferty III
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Panel) (1) asserted its appellate jurisdiction to review a stay of district-court proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and (2) affirmed the...
Judge(s):
Diane S. Wood; David F. Hamilton; and Frank H. Easterbrook
BAP for 8th Circuit affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (ED Mo. - St. Louis) finding bifurcated fee charged by consumer debtor attorney was excessive for post-petition services where no...
Under Hitt v. Glass (In re Glass), 164 B.R. 759, 765 (9th Cir. BAP 1994), aff’d, 60 F.3d 565 (9th Cir. 1995), a trustee may defeat a debtor's exemption on property released from a lien or...
BAP for 9th Cir. affirmed bankruptcy court (ND Cal.) dismissed debtor's adversary complaint against foreclosing creditors and their attorney for willful violation of automatic stay. Real property...
In line with the decision of its Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP), which had dismissed the appeal of Frank McIntyre (DR), due to a lack of jurisdiction, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth...
Judge(s):
Harris L. Hartz; Mary B. Briscoe; and Robert E. Bacharach
The Court of Appeals reversed the order vacating the dismissal of the debtor's Chapter 13 case and remanded to the Bankruptcy Court with instructions to dismiss the case. The Court based its ruling...
Judge(s):
Gibbons, Kethledge and Murphy; Opinion by Kethledge
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Panel) affirmed the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s affirmance of rejection of a debtor’s attempt, after her chapter 13 case’s conversion to a...
Judge(s):
Consuelo M. Callahan; Richard C. Tallman; and Kenneth K. Lee
The U.S. Bankruptcy appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit (BAP) reversed the denial of two chapter 7 debtors’ exemption claim, pursuant to section 522 of the Code and New Mexico state law, in the...
Judge(s):
Michael E. Romero; Dale L. Somers; and Cathleen D. Parker