The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) reversed an order of the district court (DC), which had vacated fees awarded by the bankruptcy court (BC) to the counsel of the debtor (DR)...
Judge(s):
Jennifer W. Elrod; Don R. Willett; and Kurt D. Engelhardt
Affirming the district court’s reversal of the decision of the bankruptcy court (BC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) held that a debtor (DR) with two...
Judge(s):
Priscilla R. Owen; Jacques L. Wiener Jr.; and James L. Dennis
5th Cir. affirmed District Court (SD Tx.) denial of Rule 60(b)(6) motion to set aside judgment. Appellant did not seek relief under Rule 60(b)(1) for attorney's failure to appear at hearing; Rule...
Two of the appellant's appeals were dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because the lower court had not yet entered a final, appealable order. The remaining appeals were denied, and the district...
The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's order, which had affirmed the bankruptcy court decision to not award the Plaintiff enhanced statutory damages for timber trespass, because the COA...
A state court that granted summary judgment improperly excluded evidence that would be sufficient to change the outcome of the summary judgment motion. The state court's evidentiary rulings are...
Taxpayer/Debtor filed IRS forms 1040 and 1099 which contained data sufficient to show the taxpayer was liable for certain backup-withholding taxes. Those forms constituted a "return" that began the...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the denial by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana (BC), previously affirmed by the...
Judge(s):
Patrick E. Higginbotham; Jennifer W. Elrod; and Catharina Haynes
(1) Disbursements, for quarterly U.S. Trustee fee purposes, includes all payments made by the debtor, not just bankruptcy-related expenses. (2) The 2017 amendment that temporarily, but...
