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Lexon Insurance Company, Incorporated v Chevron U.S.A. Incorporated

  • Summarized by Jonathan Batiste , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 9 months 1 week ago
Citation:
No. 24-20347 (5th Circuit, Aug 19,2025) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The circuit court dismissed Plaintiff’s claims, affirming the district court’s decision. 31 U.S.C. § 9309 allows a surety to sue other parties under a bond, but not any other party. State law...
Judge(s):
Southwick, Oldham, and Ramirez
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Okorie v. Citizens Financial Group

  • Summarized by Paris Gyparakis , Archer & Greiner PC
  • 10 months 4 weeks ago
Citation:
25-60048 (5th Circuit, Jun 26,2025) Not Published
Case Status:
Dismissed
Ruling:
The bankruptcy court’s declination to recuse is an interlocutory order not subject to the collateral-order doctrine.
Judge(s):
Davis, Smith & Higginson (Per curiam)
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Atlantic Maritime v. QuarterNorth Energy

Citation:
23-20218 (5th Circuit, Jun 11,2025) Not Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
Reversing the U.S. Bankruptcy and U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of Texas (BC and DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) deemed that the settlement and...
Judge(s):
James E. Graves, Jr., and Cory T. Wilson
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Sr Secured Noteholders v. DE Trust Co

Citation:
23-20557 (5th Circuit, May 30,2025) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
Faced with a dispute among unsecured and secured creditors over the allocation of equity in a reconstituted chapter 11 debtor, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) found the...
Judge(s):
Edith H. Jones; Kurt D. Engelhardt; and Andrew S. Oldham
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Adair v. Stutsman Constr., L.L.C. (In re Adair)

  • Summarized by David Treacy , U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
  • 12 months 3 days ago
Citation:
No. 24-30273 (5th Circuit, May 20,2025) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
In a 2-1 decision, the Fifth Circuit held a bankruptcy court erred in refusing to consider a debtor's unclean hands defense to a claim to except a state court judgment debt from discharge under 11...
Judge(s):
Higginbotham, Willett, and Ho
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New York Inn v. Associated Indust

Citation:
24-10338 (5th Circuit, Apr 03,2025) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
In dueling appeals arising from the same case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the grant by the district court of the motion for summary judgment, based on the...
Judge(s):
Jennifer Walker Elrod; Edith Brown Clement; and Irma Carrillo Ramirez
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Smith v. MedLegal Sols., Inc. (In re Smith)

  • Summarized by David Treacy , U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
  • 1 year 1 month ago
Citation:
No. 24-50494 (5th Circuit, Apr 02,2025) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy judge's entry of a contempt order and default judgment against the appellant/defendant/debtor in a non-dischargeability action...
Judge(s):
Elrod, Higginbotham, and Ramirez
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Placid Oil v. Avalon Farms

Citation:
23-11120 (5th Circuit, Mar 27,2025) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
In a decision that hinged on whether a transfer of part of a lessee's interest in real property was a sublease or an assignment under Louisiana law, the court affirmed the bankruptcy court's...
Judge(s):
Jones, Willett, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges
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Highland Captl Fund Mgt. Fund Advisors, L.P. v. Highland Captl Mgmt, L.P.

Citation:
23-10534 (5th Circuit, Mar 18,2025) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
Finding that the Bankruptcy Court misinterpreted its opinion from a prior appeal, the Fifth Circuit reverses in part the confirmation order and remands to the District Court to rewrite the plan's...
Judge(s):
Elrod, Willett, and Duncan
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Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc.

  • Summarized by Caleb Chaplain , U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Virginia
  • 1 year 2 months ago
Citation:
24-60025 (5th Circuit, Mar 03,2025) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment on grounds of judicial estoppel, as well as the denial of Keathley’s motion for reconsideration. The court found no...
Judge(s):
Higginbotham, Stewart, and Haynes
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