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IN RE: WALTER ENERGY, INC.

Citation:
16-13483 (11th Circuit, Dec 27,2018) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
In affirming the district court's ruling, the Eleventh Circuit held that the bankruptcy court had the authority to modify the premiums that Walter Coal owed to two funds which it established to...
Judge(s):
Martin, Jill Pryor and Anderson
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IN RE: DUKES

Citation:
16-16513 (11th Circuit, Dec 06,2018) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
In affirming the bankruptcy court and the district court, the Eleventh Circuit held that a chapter 13 debtor's plan did not discharge the credit union's mortgage at the conclusion of her plan...
Judge(s):
Jill Pryor and Julie Carnes, Circuit Judges, and Conway, District Judge
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Bennett v. Jefferson County, AL

Citation:
15-11690 (11th Circuit, Aug 16,2018) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
The doctrine of equitable mootness applies to confirmed plans in chapter 9 (as well as chapter 11 and 13) bankruptcy cases. To the extent that constitutional rights may be affected in chapter 9...
Judge(s):
TJOFLAT, MARTIN, and JORDAN
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Kaye v. Blue Bell Creameries, Inc.

Citation:
17-13588 (11th Circuit, Aug 14,2018) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
In reversing the decision of the bankruptcy court and concluding that new value need not remain unpaid, the Eleventh Circuit held that the statement in Jet Florida System indicating that new value...
Judge(s):
Martin, Circuit Judge, Julie Carnes, Circuit Judge, and Gilman, Circuit Judge
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Silva v. Pro Transport, Inc.

  • Summarized by Weston Eguchi , Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
  • 10 months 1 week ago
Citation:
17-12744 (11th Circuit, Aug 10,2018) Published
Case Status:
Reversed
Ruling:
Eleventh Circuit reversed sanctions imposed by district court on attorneys for prosecuting claims that their client failed to disclose as assets in his bankruptcy case. Applying its 2017 ruling in...
Judge(s):
W Pryor, J Pryor Anderson
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Daughtrey v. Rivera

  • Summarized by Tiffany DiIorio , Department of Justice, Office of the U.S. Trustee Program
  • 10 months 3 weeks ago
Citation:
15-14544 (11th Circuit, Jul 24,2018) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
A debtor's right to convert to chapter 11 from chapter 7 pursuant to Section 706(a) is limited by subsection (d). Thus, a debtor's right to convert is expressly conditioned on his ability to...
Judge(s):
Tjoflat, Rosenbaum, and Sentelle
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Weakley v. Eagle Logistics

  • Summarized by William Amann , Braucher & Amann, PLLC
  • 11 months 2 weeks ago
Citation:
17-1402(2)3, DC Docket No 3:16-cv-00403-HNJ (11th Circuit, Jun 29,2018) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
Because the district court considered all the facts and circumstances of Weakley’s cases in determining whether he intended to mislead the bankruptcy court, see id. at 1185, it did not abuse...
Judge(s):
Carnes, CJ Marcus, Rosenbaum
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First National Bank of Oneida, N.A. v. Brandt

  • Summarized by Tiffany DiIorio , Department of Justice, Office of the U.S. Trustee Program
  • 1 year 1 month ago
Citation:
17-11654 (11th Circuit, Apr 24,2018) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
District Court ruling vacated and remanded in light of changed circumstances. Specifically, remanded for district court to consider whether dismissal of an individual's confirmed chapter 11...
Judge(s):
Pryor, Carnes, Antoon
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Cadwell v. Kaufman, Englett & Lynd, PLLC

  • Summarized by Michael Pugh , Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti, PC
  • 1 year 2 months ago
Citation:
17-10810 (11th Circuit, Mar 30,2018) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
An attorney violates 11 U.S.C. 526(a)(4) if the attorney instructs a client to pay bankruptcy-related legal fees using a credit card. After going through several ways that 11 U.S.C. 526(a)(4) may...
Judge(s):
Carnes, Newsom, and Siler
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Title Max v. Northington (In re Northington

Citation:
16-17468 (11th Circuit, Dec 11,2017) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
The narrow holding of this split decision is that Georgia's pawn statute cuts off the rights of a Chapter 13 debtor in pawned property if the debtor doesn't redeem the property within the time ...
Judge(s):
WILSON, NEWSOM and MORENO (S.D. Fla., sitting by designation)
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