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In re: SCOTT WARREN JENCKS AND LINDA LEE JENCKS

Citation:
24-6010 (8th Circuit, Aug 12,2025) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
In the context of a debtor's right to exempt their homestead, a bankruptcy court may not make an adverse inference against the debtor even if the debtor purchased new property before bankruptcy and...
Judge(s):
HASTINGS, Chief Judge, SURRATT-STATES AND CONSTANTINE, Bankruptcy Judges
Tag(s):

Scott Jencks v. AgVantage FS (In re Jencks)

  • Summarized by David Treacy , U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
  • 9 months 3 weeks ago
Citation:
24-6010 (8th Circuit, Aug 12,2025) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
The United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit overturned a bankruptcy court’s orders denying a lien avoidance motion and dismissing a related adversary proceeding. On the...
Judge(s):
Hastings, Surratt-States, and Constantine
Tag(s):

Sammie Smith, Jr. v. Jack Gooding

Citation:
24-6009 (8th Circuit, Aug 12,2025) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed in part and Reversed in part
Ruling:
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (BC) to dismiss two debtors chapter 13 case,...
Judge(s):
Shon Hastings; Cynthia A. Norton; and Katherine A. Constantine
Tag(s):

In re: SAMMIE SMITH, JR. AND ELIZABETH SMITH

  • Summarized by Jonathan Batiste , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 9 months 3 weeks ago
Citation:
No. 24-6009 (8th Circuit, Aug 12,2025) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed in part and Reversed in part
Ruling:
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of Debtors’ case; however, it reversed the bankruptcy court’s decision barring Debtors from filing another case for a year. The...
Judge(s):
Hastings, Norton, and Constantine
Tag(s):

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