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In re Bishop

Summarized by Meg Augustine ,
12 years 2 weeks ago

Citation:: In re Bishop, No. 13-3805 (3d Cir. Mar. 21, 2014) (unpublished) (per curiam)

Ruling:

State court judgment may not be appealed to bankruptcy court because bankruptcy court lacks jurisdiction to review the merits of a state court proceeding.

Judge(s):

Fuentes, Greenberg, and Van Antwerpen

Tag(s):

Stoebner v. San Diego Gas & Electric Co. (In re LGI Energy Solutions, Inc.)

Summarized by Lars Fuller , BakerHostetler
12 years 2 weeks ago

Citation:: Stoebner v. San Diego Gas & Electric Co. (In re LGI Energy Solutions, Inc.), No. 12-3899 & No. 12-4011 (8th Cir. March 20, 2014)

Ruling:

The Eighth Circuit affirmed the BAP's allowance of new value as a preference offset, but reduced the amount of preference liability based on an incorrect calculation by the BAP. In an issue of...

Judge(s):

Loken, Gruender, and Shepherd

Tag(s):

Goaz v. Rolex Watch U.S.A. Inc. (In the Matter of Goaz)

Summarized by Aaron Kaufman , Gray Reed LLP
12 years 2 weeks ago

Citation:: Cas No. 13-10282 (5th Cir. Mar. 19, 2014)

Ruling:

"Knowingly selling merchandise bearing counterfeit trademarks necessarily causes injury to the trademark." Fifth Circuit affirmed district court's ruling, thereby affirming the bankruptcy court's...

Judge(s):

Wiener, Owen and Haynes (per curiam)

Tag(s):

Grede v. FCStone, LLC

Summarized by Faisal Delawalla , Jones Day
12 years 2 weeks ago

Citation:: Grede v. FCStone, LLC, No. 09 C 136 (7th Cir. Mar. 19, 2014)

Ruling:

The court REVERSED the judgment of the district court. The pre-petition transfer was exempted from avoidance under Section 546(e), because it was a "settlement payment" and a transfer made "in...

Judge(s):

Manion, Rovner, and Hamilton.

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