In a warning to creditors, the court held that service of a summons and complaint on a debt collector was valid service on the creditor that had placed the debt for collection because (1) the...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court's denial of a creditor's interlocutory appeal of the bankruptcy court's order denying arbitration, though on different grounds than...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that while contingent indemnification claims by co-liable creditors are disallowed under 11 U.S.C. § 502(e)(1)(B), claims for accrued...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld a district court's order staying and enjoining Plaintiffs/Appellants' continued litigation against Defendant/Appellee Puerto Rico Police...
A bankruptcy court needs only to "canvass the issues and see whether the settlement falls below the lowest point in the range of reasonableness" when deciding whether to approve a settlement, not...
Judge(s):
EID and MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and TEETER, District Judge
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court and bankruptcy court. The bankruptcy court had jurisdiction to decide the state-law issues underlying the administrative expense claim. The...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a Bankruptcy Appellate Panel decision upholding the bankruptcy court's denial of the appellant/plaintiff/creditor's motion for relief from a...
The Fifth Circuit reversed both judgments of the bankruptcy and district courts. The Fifth Circuit held that the 2008 MOU requires tax assessors to consider economic obsolescence and inutility...
A claim against a debtor's bankruptcy estate that is based on an alleged oral promise by the debtor or its authorized officer to pay the debt of another must be supported by evidence sufficient to...
Judge(s):
ST. EVE, KIRSCH, and JACKSON-AKIWUMI, Circuit Judges
The Fourth Circuit held that a multiemployer pension plan's filing of a "contingent" proof of claim for withdrawal liability in a contributing employer's bankruptcy did not constitute a "notice and...
