Gordon Green v. David Leibowitz

• Summarized by Amir Shachmurove , Brown Rudnick LLP
• 5 months 3 weeks ago

Citation:

23-2841 (7th Circuit, Jul 16,2024) Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

Wading into three areas of law-the Bankruptcy Code, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), and Illinois state law—the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) concluded that the...

Judge(s):

Amy St. Eve; Thomas Kirsch; and Joshua P. Kolar

Tag(s):

• 7th Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Claims
• Practice and Procedure
• Venue/Jurisdiction
• 11 U.S.C. § 522(b)(3); 11 U.S.C. § 522(b)(3)(C); 11 U.S.C. § 541(a); 11 U.S.C. § 704(a)

Sheldon Stone v. Citizens Equity First Credit Union

• Summarized by Stephen Falanga , Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP
• 7 months 5 days ago

Citation:

No. 23-2965 (7th Circuit, Jun 03,2024) Not Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

Finding that the text of Illinois’ version of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act set up multiple ways in which a business can be insolvent for purposes of fraudulent transfer liability, the...

Judge(s):

EASTERBROOK, JACKSON-AKIWUMI and LEE

Tag(s):

• 7th Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Fraudulent Transfers
• Practice and Procedure
• Preferences

Marilyn Marshall v. Edward Johnson

• Summarized by Amir Shachmurove , Brown Rudnick LLP
• 8 months 4 days ago

Citation:

22-04449 (7th Circuit, May 03,2024) Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

Joining the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Tenth Circuits, whose decisions the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois (BC) had followed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for...

Judge(s):

Thomas Kirsch; Frank Easterbrook; and Diane S. Sykes

Tag(s):

• 7th Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Court Administration
• Plan Confirmation
• Practice and Procedure
• Professional Compensation/Fees
• Personal Bankruptcy Topics
• Consumer Bankruptcy
• Consumer Debt
• 11 U.S.C. § 1326(a)(2); 11 U.S.C. § 1141; 11 U.S.C. § 1226(a)(2); 11 U.S.C. § 1194(a)(3); 28 U.S.C. § 586(e)(2)

WEC 98C-3 LLC v. SFA Holdings Inc.

• Summarized by Amir Shachmurove , Brown Rudnick LLP
• 8 months 2 weeks ago

Citation:

23-1489 (7th Circuit, Apr 24,2024) Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

Reviewing a non-bankruptcy judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) held an original mortgagee's...

Judge(s):

Candace Jackson-Akiwumi; Diane Wood; and Thomas Kirsch

Tag(s):

• 7th Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Claims
• Professional Practice Areas
• Finance and Banking
• Lender Liability
• Retail
• Small Business

Petr v. BMO Harris Bank N.A. (In re BMO Harris Bank N.A.)

• Summarized by David Treacy , U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
• 9 months 3 weeks ago

Citation:

No. 23-1931 (7th Circuit, Mar 15,2024) Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held the "safe harbor" of 11 U.S.C. § 546(e), which shields from avoidance certain transfers made “in connection with a securities contract,”...

Judge(s):

ST. EVE, KIRSCH, and LEE

Tag(s):

• 7th Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Fraudulent Transfers
• Finance and Banking
• Lender Liability
• 11 U.S.C. § 101(49)(A)(ii); 11 U.S.C. § 102(8); 11 U.S.C. § 544(a); 11 U.S.C. § 544(b)(1); 11 U.S.C. § 546(e); 11 U.S.C. § 550(a); 11 U.S.C. § 741(7)

In re: Kleynerman

• Summarized by David Treacy , U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
• 10 months 1 day ago

Citation:

No. 22-2947 (7th Circuit, Feb 27,2024) Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in granting a chapter 7 debtor's motion to reopen a case to avoid a judicial lien on the debtor's LLC...

Judge(s):

EASTERBROOK, WOOD, and KIRSCH

Tag(s):

• 7th Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Practice and Procedure
• Discharge/Dischargeability
• Fed. R. Bankr. P. 4003(b)(1); Fed. R. Bankr. P. 4003(d); Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9014
• 11 U.S.C. §350(b); 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(1); 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(4)

IN RE: JOHN FLISS

• Summarized by Michael Cooley , Reed Smith LLP
• 1 year 1 month ago

Citation:

22-1424 (7th Circuit, Nov 27,2023) Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

1) Under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, a state-court judgment creditor is not guaranteed an allowed claim for the state-court judgment once the debtor files for bankruptcy relief. The state court...

Judge(s):

FLAUM, KIRSCH, and JACKSON-AKIWUMI

Tag(s):

• 7th Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Claims

Generation Capital I, LLC v. Fliss (In re Fliss)

• Summarized by David Treacy , U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
• 1 year 1 month ago

Citation:

No. 22-1424 (7th Circuit, Nov 27,2023) Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in concluding the Rooker-Feldman doctrine and the doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel did not bar...

Judge(s):

Flaum, Kirsch, and Jackson-Akiwumi

Tag(s):

• 7th Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Claims

In re DEBRA A. CHARLES

• Summarized by Jaden Banks , Nyemaster Goode P.C.
• 1 year 2 months ago

Citation:

22-3261 (7th Circuit, Oct 17,2023) Not Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

Unscheduled legal claims remain property of the bankruptcy estate after discharge and cannot be considered abandoned, therefore a debtor lacks standing to pursue the claim through subsequent...

Judge(s):

Easterbrook, St. Eve, Kirsch II

Tag(s):

• 7th Circuit
• Fraud

MANN V. LSQ FUNDING GROUP, L.C. (IN RE ENGSTROM, INC.)

• Summarized by Christopher Muniz , U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Indiana
• 1 year 6 months ago

Citation:

22-2436 (7th Circuit, Jun 22,2023) Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“7th Cir.”) affirmed the entry of summary judgment in favor of creditor LSQ Funding Group, L.C. (“LSQ”) and against Douglas Mann,...

Judge(s):

Ripple, Scudder, and St. Eve (opinion author)

Tag(s):

• 7th Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Claims
• Fraud
• Fraudulent Transfers
• Preferences
• 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)
• 11 U.S.C. § 547(b)
• 11 U.S.C. § 548(a)(1)

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