Under the principles of claim preclusion, a prior Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of the debtor's claims by the United States District Court precluded the debtor from reasserting the same claims in...
U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the grant of summary judgment by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC), declaring that the...
Judge(s):
Gary A. Spraker; Frederick P. Corbit; and William J. Lafferty III
Section 523(a)(19) of the Bankruptcy Code does not require a judgment creditor to re-litigate securities violations in bankruptcy court if a court of competent jurisdiction has entered a judgment...
The 9th Circuit BAP ruled that a failure to submit the statement required under Bankruptcy Rule 1003(a), is not jurisdictional. Because the Appellee did not raise such defect in a timely manner,...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy judge's denial of a debtor defendant's motion for attorneys' fees under Section 523(d) after the debtor prevailed...
The bankruptcy court properly held that the debtors' obligation to plaintiff was not dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6) because the evidence showed that the male debtor had intentionally...
A bankruptcy trustee's action to avoid a transfer under 11 U.S.C. § 544(b) and Cal. Civ. Code § 3439.09 nearly seven years after the transfer occurred was timely because California law provides...
The Ninth Circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel held the bankruptcy court properly dismissed with prejudice a judgment creditor's claim to except a debt from the debtors' discharge based on...
The Ninth Circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed a summary judgment excepting a debt from the debtors' discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(3)(A) in the full amount of the creditor's state...
Though describing as "harsh" certain of its evidentiary rulings against Hea Sook Kang (CR) in her adversary proceeding against chapter 7 debtor Soon Hee Kim (DR) due to the CR's demonstrable...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; William J. Lafferty III; and Frederick P. Corbit
