The court found that the lenders 523(a)(2)(A) claims failed because there was no showing that the loans guaranteed by the debtor were obtain by false pretenses, a false presentation or actual...
The bankruptcy court properly considered both the debtors' personal expenses and offers in compromise when it ruled that the debtors knowingly violated their duty to pay their 2001 income tax...
Judge(s):
JORDAN and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges, and BEAVERSTOCK, District Judge
On a direct appeal from the bankruptcy court, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the order confirming the modified plan chapter 13 plan without requiring a change in the debtor's circumstances, based on...
Judge(s):
Branch and Marcus, Circuit Judges, and Ungaro, District Judge.
The 11th Circuit reversed summary judgment in favor of DISH as to the FCCPA claims because the district court failed to determine whether DISH possessed actual knowledge that its debt had been...
Judge(s):
Jill Pryor and Grant, Circuit Judges, and Royal, District Judge
The Circuit Court found that the District Court erred in finding the Pause debt was not discharged in the plaintiff's bankruptcy. The Agreement was deemed rejected as a matter of law under the...
Judge(s):
Jill Pryor, Grant and Royal (sitting by designation)
The appellant did not have standing to maintain the appeal once the debtor withdrew from the appeal. Article III standing requires a person to establish a particularized, actual injury. In order to...
District court abused its discretion when determining that the preclusion/preemptive defense, that the Bankruptcy Code preempts the FDCPA and FCCPA, asserted by the loan servicer raised an...
Applying its ruling in Slater II, the Eleventh Circuit reversed in part the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants based on judicial estoppel arising from plaintiff's...
Judge(s):
Tjoflat and Newsom, Circuit Judges, and Antoon, District Judge
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's order upholding the bankruptcy court's decision to deny a claim of exemption under section 222.21, Florida Statutes, by a chapter 7 debtor with...
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...
