The Third Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed the district court, which had affirmed the bankruptcy court's ruling holding certain entities that were parties to the bankruptcy and a non-party...
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Debtor established that Creditor had committed civil contempt when it initiated collection efforts against one of his properties after receiving a...
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 Fifth Circuit affirmed the lower courts' rulings that the automatic stay was not violated when the debtor's mortgage servicer went forward with a foreclosure sale after the debtor filed his...
The Fourth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for mortgage servicers, holding that monthly statements, payoff statements, and 1098 tax forms sent to a debtor during a Chapter 13 bankruptcy were...
Judge(s):
Judge Thacker wrote the opinion, in which Judge King and Judge Wynn joined.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's summary judgment in favor of Ammec Investments II, Inc., voiding several property transfers orchestrated by...
The Bankruptcy Court did not err in using the $2.05 million settlement amount to value the claim. Because the Aurora Claim was only $2.05 million, Allonhill was solvent on the transfer dates....
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...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that bankruptcy professionals are entitled to derivative judicial immunity when they act pursuant to and in accordance with a bankruptcy court's...