Affirmed BAP's holding that pursuing a civil contempt proceeding is exempt from the automatic stay where the contempt proceedings are in furtherance of the court's public policy interest in...
Judge(s):
Ronald M. Gould, Richard R. Clifton, Paul J. Watford
9th Circuit reversed ruling of district court (D. Ariz.), after district court reversed bankruptcy court's summary judgment in favor of judgment lien creditor, who brought adversary against chapter...
Bankruptcy court's order approving the sale of two apartment buildings and finding that purchaser was a good faith purchaser within the meaning of § 363(m) affirmed.
9th Circuit dismissed appeal, holding that it lacked jurisdiction to review district court's order, which reversed in part a bankruptcy court's grant of summary judgment against a bankruptcy debtor...
BAP for 9th Circuit affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court denying motion for relief from stay because movants did not need relief from stay to prosecute claim in bankruptcy court. While creditor...
Bankruptcy court's decision that creditor failed to prove claims under § 523(a)(2) and (a)(6) to except from discharge a prepetition judgment against debtor for unpaid real estate commissions...
BAP for 9th Cir. affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (C.D. Cal.) granting summary judgment to creditor sisters on 523 claims against debtor brother based on issue preclusion from state court...
The BAP for the 9th Cir. affirmed the ruling of the bankruptcy court (C.D. Cal.) on other grounds, agreeing that funds in a bank account exclusively derived from social security payments were...
A purchaser of leased personal property at a foreclosure sale was not entitled to assert an administrative rent claim against the debtor where the lease was a disguised security interest, the bill...
Ninth Circuit holds that courts may entertain hypothetical preference actions within Section 547(b)(5)’s hypothetical
liquidation when such an inquiry is factually warranted, supported by...
Judge(s):
A. WALLACE TASHIMA and MILAN D.SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges, and EDWARD R. KORMAN, District Judge, sitting by designation.
