District court's grant of summary judgment to the City of Phoenix affirmed. Debtor-plaintiff's claim against the City could have been brought at the time of her bankruptcy petition, and any...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in its application of the "two-dismissal rule" in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(B) to a third motion...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in granting a summary judgment finding a debtor owed his sister-in-law a non-dischargeable debt based on his...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held a district court abused its discretion in imposing a "docket management" stay on a securities class action lawsuit related to a pending...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in awarding compensation to a law firm for work performed in a Singapore proceeding. The...
As had the tria, court below, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed orders issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada (BC) that denied the claim of...
Judge(s):
Mary H. Murguia; Salvador Mendoza Jr.; and Ana de Alba
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held (1) it lacked jurisdiction to review a bankruptcy court's decision to permissively abstain; (2) the appellant waived any due process argument...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's post-trial judgment excepting a debt from discharge. A dissenting judge would have remanded on one issue-whether the...
Due to the lack of due process resulting from the debtors' failure to include a proper mailing address for a debt, no part of the creditor's claim was discharged under 11 U.S.C. § 727.
Judge(s):
Richard R. Clifton, Holly A. Thomas, and Roopali H. Desai, Circuit Judges
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court didn't err in denying a chapter 11/subchapter V debtor's motion for relief under Fed. R. Bankr. P 9024/Fed. R. Civ. P....
