The bankruptcy court abused its discretion by refusing to allow a claim to be amended after the claims bar date where the debtor failed to show that allowing the amendment would cause undue...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the declaratory judgment of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona (BC), issued at the conclusion of a two-day...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Julia W. Brand; and Laura S. Taylor
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel upheld the bankruptcy court's denial of a discharge under sections 727(a)(2)(A) and (a)(3) to an individual debtor for his failure to maintain books and...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the dismissal by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) of a case opened by the filing of a...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; Gary A. Spraker; and Scott H. Gan
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the judgement of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California (BC), and related rulings regarding the...
Judge(s):
Gary A. Spraker; Robert J. Faris; and Julia W. Brand
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S, Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California (BC) that reopened an adversary proceeding,...
Judge(s):
Julia W. Brand; Gary A. Spraker; and Robert J. Faris
Settlement agreement involving release of the Trustee's claims against a prior owner, and a sale of claims to that prior owner's company to pursue claims against a different insider group, was...
BAP for 9th Cir. affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (ND Cal.) overruling creditor's objection to chapter 11 debtor's subchapter V election. Bankruptcy court's ruling that burden was on creditor to...
Publishing so as to explain the role of a bankruptcy court to set the commitment period during which a debtor must pay its projected disposable income or its value in a subchapter V case, the U.S....
Judge(s):
Scott H. Gan; Laura S. Taylor; and William J. Lafferty III
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) affirmed the bankruptcy court's sanctions award against an attorney for the chapter 7 debtor company and its non-debtor principal based on the...
