The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment affirming the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of adversarial proceedings surrounding state criminal convictions...
11th Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court’s approval of a settlement between the bankruptcy estate’s trustee and a creditor, Green Tech Development, LLC.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit reversed in part and vacated in part the district court's judgment affirming the bankruptcy court’s awarding of reduced attorney’s fees to Debtor...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (“6th Cir.”) dismissed the appeal of the Chapter 13 trustee for lack of jurisdiction, holding that the district court’s orders were...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a district court's sua sponte dismissal, with prejudice, of a pro se plaintiff/debtor's in forma pauperis complaint against a bankruptcy...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's order confirming a chapter 13 plan over a creditor's objections. Most notably, the court held, as a matter of first...
Judge(s):
Mary M. Schroeder, William A. Fletcher, and Consuelo M. Callahan
In a 2-1 decision, the Fifth Circuit held a bankruptcy court erred in refusing to consider a debtor's unclean hands defense to a claim to except a state court judgment debt from discharge under 11...
In a summary order, the Second Circuit rejected the debtor's argument that the government's filing of a Notice of Federal Tax lien allegedly in violation of the automatic stay provides a basis to...
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held a standing trustee cannot keep a percentage fee collected from a debtor’s pre-confirmation payments if a chapter 13 plan isn't confirmed. While 28 U.S.C....
On remand from the Supreme Court, vacating the Circuit's prior opinion, the Circuit Court held that the Chapter 7 trustee was barred from recovery on a fraudulent conveyance, claim under Utah state...
