In affirming the ruling of the district court, the Eleventh Circuit held that personal injury claimant and his wife received sufficient notice of non-debtor releases included in chapter 11 debtor's...
11 U.S.C. § 363(m) made the individual debtors' appeal of a sale of property statutorily moot when the debtors failed to post a supersedeas bond and the sale was consummated.
In dictum, the...
Bankruptcy courts have discretion under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7004(m) to extend the time for a plaintiff to properly serve the summons and complaint on a debtor and its attorney, even if the extension...
The 11th Circuit held that the bankruptcy court's determination of parties' rights under a series of state court judgments and orders did not violate the Rooker-Feldman doctrine and the doctrine of...
Judge(s):
William Pryor, Chief Judge, Jordan and Marcus, Circuit Judges
A default judgment against a debtor, on a complaint that alleges alternative causes for liability, does not satisfy the requirements of § 523(a)(2)(A) under Florida law regarding collateral...
Judge(s):
JORDAN, MARCUS, and GINSBURG (United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia, sitting by designation)
The Eleventh Circuit held that a jury should decide whether Losch's claims that Experian negligently, but not willfully, violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to take reasonable...
The doctrine of derivative jurisdiction does not apply to removed cases where the state court lacked personal jurisdiction over the defendants. Under the doctrine, jurisdiction of the federal court...
In affirming the district court's order denying a chapter 13 debtor's petition under the All Writs Act, which sought an order declaring certain actions taken in a state court foreclosure proceeding...
The Court of Appeals vacated the bankruptcy court's approval of Gateway Radiology Consultants' (Debtor) motion to incur indebtedness, because the COA concluded that the Small Business...
The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (COA) affirmed the U.S. District Court’s decision to deny the motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. However, the COA reversed the...
