Held that the Debtors’ objections to LVNV’s proofs of claim as an unsecured creditor are not barred by the doctrine of res judicata. There was no adjudication of the claim of any individual...
Judge(s):
Before Circuit Judges Agee, Keenan and Thacker. Affirmed by published opinion authored by Judge Agee, in which Judge Keenan and Judge Thacker joined.
In a "no asset" chapter 7 case, a filed proof of claim is not res judicata in other litigation, despite the "deemed allowed" language in 11 USC 502(a). "The Bankruptcy Rules plainly contemplate...
Affirming the district court's order, which affirmed the bankruptcy court's orders, dismissing Appellant's adversary proceeding and holding that (a) Appellant lacked standing to bring lawsuit on...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed two orders of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey affirming on appeal an order of the United States...
Encanto lacks standing to pursue an appeal from the June 2016 Order and the Judgment to the extent that those rulings denied Encanto’s requests for relief for alleged violations of § 362’s...
Section 522 will not support an exemption on the basis of state-law redemption rights in a piece of property if the proceeds from the sale of that property are insufficient to satisfy the prior...
In a non-bankruptcy matter, 7th Circuit (J. Posner writing) reversed district court's (N.D. Illinois, E.D.) entry of summary judgment and directed entry summary judgment in favor of appellant....
Bankruptcy court's decision that creditor failed to prove claims under § 523(a)(2) and (a)(6) to except from discharge a prepetition judgment against debtor for unpaid real estate commissions...
Clearly, Above-All never provided in its complaint, in the Joint Pre-Trial Statement, in its opening statement, at trial, in its statement of issues, or in its appellate briefs developed arguments...
Judge(s):
Deasy, Tester and Finkle (Appeal from Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court Western Division, J. Hoffman)
Court ruled that a preferential transfer of a debtor's garnished wages cannot occur until the debtor's wages are actually earned. Court concluded that the transfer was "perfected" under section...
