The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a district court's determination that a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in denying fees to a chapter 11 debtor's counsel based...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the dismissal of the decision of the circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) to affirm the partial dismissal of an adversary...
Judge(s):
Sidney R. Thomas; Gabriel P. Sanchez; and Consuelo Callahan
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the decision of the bankruptcy court, because the debtor failed in her opening brief to address one of the two alternative holdings of the bankruptcy court. More...
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the tax court's determination that the consent order entered between the IRS and Breland during the pendency of his chapter 11 bankruptcy did not fix Breland's tax...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit held a bankruptcy court erred in granting summary judgment to a debtor/appellee on a creditor/appellant's claim to except a debt from her...
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...
OPINION NOT PRECEDENTIAL - Administrative expense claim struck because mediation communications in support of the administrative expense claim were not admissible. The parties had not waived the...
Judge(s):
CHAGARES, Chief Judge, PORTER and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges
In this non-precedential Summary Order, based on principles of res judicata, the Second Circuit affirmed the decision of the District Court affirming the decision of the Bankruptcy Court that...
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...