The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's summary judgment dismissal of a successor chapter 7 trustee's claims against the original trustee and the debtor's...
In its second opinion of the year arising from contempt orders and sanctions awards against the former CEO of debtor Highland Capital Management, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the Bankruptcy Court's...
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 11th Circuit had jurisdiction because the "motion for leave" was construed as a motion for reconsideration under Rule 59 and therefore, tolled the 30 day deadline for an appeal. As to the...
Judge(s):
Charles R. Wilson, Jill A. Pryor, Andrew L. Brasher
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court abused its discretion in issuing monetary sanctions sua sponte to chapter 13 debtors' counsel due to counsel's...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the findings of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
for the Central District of California (BC) that Michael Eugene Reznick (RZ), an...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; William J. Lafferty III; and Frederick P. Corbit
Consolidating appeals arising out of the chapter 7 case of Richard Sharif (DR), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the bankruptcy court’s rulings: denying the...
Judge(s):
Frank H. Easterbrook; Diane P. Wood; and Thomas L. Kirsch II
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada (BC) sustaining the objection of Geo-Logic Associates,...
Judge(s):
Julia W. Brand; Robert J. Faris; and William J. Lafferty III
In a per curiam opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) found William Paul Burch (Debtor) to have raised no nonfrivolous issues on appeal and thus denied his motion to...
Judge(s):
Patrick E. Higginbotham; S. Kyle Duncan; and Charles R. Wilson
While the judges divided over the preferred approach and proper reasoning, this panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) unanimously agreed that the underlying arbitration...
Judge(s):
Leslie H. Southwick; Edith H. Jones; and Andrew S. Oldham
