Proceeds from embezzlement litigation was not collateral of a loan where the security agreement did not describe the litigation. Pennsylvania’s Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code ("UCC"),...
In a per curiam opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Circuit) found no error in the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (BC) denying relief from...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held a district court didn't abuse its discretion in dismissing the appellant's employment discrimination cases, without prejudice, based on judicial...
In this non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the decision of the District Court affirming the decision of the Bankruptcy Court finding in favor of the chapter 7 trustee avoiding a...
Judge(s):
CHAGARES, Chief Judge, PORTER and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges
In this non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the decision of the District Court finding that the Bankruptcy Court lacked good cause to reopen the former confirmed chapter 11 case of...
Judge(s):
CHAGARES, Chief Judge, MATEY and FUENTES, Circuit Judges
A debtor is ineligible for bankruptcy in the Third Circuit if it cannot show that it is in financial distress. A debtor's mere forecast of blockbuster verdicts against it, or the "attenuated"...
In this non-precedential ruling, the Third Circuit affirmed the decisions of the District and Bankruptcy Courts annulling the automatic stay and dismissing the pro se debtors’ civil action...
In this non-precedential per curiuam opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the decision of the District Court dismissing the pro se debtor, William Kaetz's, complaint against a student loan servicer...
As had the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Circuit) affirmed orders issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the...
Judge(s):
David J. Porter; Tamika Montgomery-Reeves; and Jane Richards Roth
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a district court's determination that a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in denying fees to a chapter 11 debtor's counsel based...
