Vacating and remanding three district court orders and two bankruptcy court orders, the Fifth Circuit held that both courts lacked subject matter jurisdiction to enter various orders affecting both...
Summarized by Craig Geno , Law Offices of Craig M Geno, PLLC
11 years 6 months ago
Citation:
Flooring Systems, Inc. v. Michelle Chow No. 13-41050
Ruling:
Preference period began when bank received a certified copy of a state court receivership order and turned over funds in an account to a creditor as a result of being served with the order. The...
Highway 82/Fannin Joint Venture v. Capital One Bank (In re: Highway 82/Fannin Joint Venture), No. 13-41146 (5th Cir. Sept. 9, 2014) (per curiam).
Ruling:
Affirmed dismissal of Debtor/Plaintiff's adversary proceeding for failure to state a claim based on the theory of quasi-estoppel, which Debtor/Plaintiff alleged entitled it to a release of Capital...
District court erred by entering summary judgment for defendant bank on debtors' claims for violations of the Texas Debt Collection Act (TDCA) based on the record presented. After the debtors...
Summarized by Lyndel Vargas , Cavazos Hendricks Poirot, PC
11 years 7 months ago
Citation:
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit Case No. 11-10744- Not yet published
Ruling:
The Fifth Circuit Panel affirmed numerous rulings of the District Court which resulted in a Litigation Trust Trustee losing on all fronts in a substantial federal court lawsuit he had brought...
Case No. 13-50781 c/w 13-50783 (5th Cir. August 25, 2014)
Ruling:
VACATED and REMANDED by 5th Circuit. Subject matter jurisdiction is reviewed de novo. Held that Debtor's claim was indeed "related to" the bankruptcy case because it could increase the estate but...
Summarized by Paul Stewart , Stewart Robbins Brown & Altazan, LLC
11 years 7 months ago
Citation:
Graham Mortgage Corp. v. Tommy Goff, No. 13-41158
Ruling:
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the lower court's decision that (a) creditor was entitled to partial summary judgment, under section 727(a)(3), because Debtor failed to adequately maintain his books and...
REVERSED district court's holding that payments in possession of Chapter 13 trustee at time of case conversion from Chapter 13 to Chapter 7 be returned to debtor and remanded case back to district...
Summarized by Steven Holmes , Cavazos Hendricks Poirot, PC
11 years 11 months ago
Citation:
United States ex rel. Spicer v. Navistar Defense, LLC (In re Westbrook), Case No. 12-10858 (5th Cir. May 5, 2014).
Ruling:
Chapter 7 Trustee of whistleblower / debtor’s estate had exclusive standing to prosecute a qui tam False Claims Act against manufacturer of military vehicles when debtor failed to disclose the...
Judge(s):
Jerry Edwin Smith, Edward C. Prado and Jennifer Walker Elrod.
Summarized by Craig Geno , Law Offices of Craig M Geno, PLLC
11 years 11 months ago
Citation:
Pamela J. Connery/Hazelwood d/b/a Real Estate Innovations, Inc. et al. vs. Norsworthy; in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Ruling:
Objections to lack of subject matter jurisdiction abandoned. And, the District Court had authority to reinstate a civil action after the debtor received a bankruptcy discharge [under 11 USC...
