The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP): (1) affirmed the denial by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) of a motion to reopen a dormant case...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; Robert J. Faris; and Scott H. Gan
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel reversed the bankruptcy court's decision to award attorneys' fees to the debtor under Nevada state law based on debtor's successful objection to a...
The debtor's claim to a homestead exemption in a property leased to a third party as of the petition date was denied because the debtor failed to meet his burden of proof that his absence from the...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington (BC) concluding that those portions of a...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Julia W. Brand; and Gary A. Spraker
The bankruptcy court properly granted summary judgment on a § 727(a)(3) and (a)(4)(A) nondischargability complaint against a debtor who (1) failed to maintain adequate books and records from...
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's summary judgment in favor of plaintiff-judgment creditor on his 523(a)(2)(A) claim against the defendant debtor based on...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the grant of appellees' motion for summary judgment as to certain claims and the dismissal of any others by the U.S. Bankruptcy...
A creditor required to file notice to perfect its interests in a debtor's property under 11 U.S.C. § 546(b) must do so before the non-bankruptcy limitations period expires. Section 546(b)(2)...
In an opinion most of the bankruptcy court's judgment as to a creditor's violation of the automatic stay, but vacating its denial of attorneys' fees based on the "technical" nature of these...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; Julia W. Brand; and Gary A. Spraker
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's summary judgment ruling in favor of plaintiff on plaintiff's non-dischargeability claims under sections 523(a)(2)(A) and...
