The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's dismissal of Plaintiff's complaint. Explaining that credit reporting agencies like Defendant are not required to make legal...
A majority of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a bankruptcy court's classification of Creditor's claim, obtained as the result of a property tax sale, as a tax claim. It also affirmed...
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the confirmation of Chapter 13 plans that provided for the payment of Debtors’ attorneys' fees before or at the same time as nonpriority unsecured...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the appellant/individual debtor's convictions and sentence for bankruptcy fraud and criminal contempt (for violating a preliminary...
A claim against a debtor's bankruptcy estate that is based on an alleged oral promise by the debtor or its authorized officer to pay the debt of another must be supported by evidence sufficient to...
Judge(s):
ST. EVE, KIRSCH, and JACKSON-AKIWUMI, Circuit Judges
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit dismissed Claimant’s appeal after he did not respond to Debtor’s service of documents regarding his tort claim. Proper service depends on the...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit affirmed Defendants’ convictions. Rudimentary math and attention to detail do not constitute expert testimony. The allowance of summary witness...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit reversed in part and vacated in part the district court's judgment affirming the bankruptcy court’s awarding of reduced attorney’s fees to Debtor...
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...
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...
