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Summaries by Bradley Pearce
- Citation:
- 19-11286 (11th Circuit, Jul 14,2021) Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- A default judgment against a debtor, on a complaint that alleges alternative causes for liability, does not satisfy the requirements of § 523(a)(2)(A) under Florida law regarding collateral...
- Judge(s):
- JORDAN, MARCUS, and GINSBURG (United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia, sitting by designation)
- Tag(s):
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- Citation:
- 20-8048 (10th Circuit, Jul 09,2021) Not Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- In order to succeed on a claim of economic duress under Iowa law, a borrower must (1) prove that the duress resulted from the lender's wrongful and oppressive conduct and not by the borrower's...
- Judge(s):
- MATHESON, BACHARACH, and CARSON
- Tag(s):
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- Ruling:
- A homeowners' association foreclosure sale that violates the automatic stay (11 U.S.C. § 362(a)) is void under Nevada law, and the holder of a deed of trust that was extinguished by the HOA's...
- Judge(s):
- Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Danielle J. Forrest, and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges
- Tag(s):
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- Citation:
- BAP No. CC-20-1280-LFT (9th Circuit, Jun 17,2021) Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- Under Hitt v. Glass (In re Glass), 164 B.R. 759, 765 (9th Cir. BAP 1994), aff’d, 60 F.3d 565 (9th Cir. 1995), a trustee may defeat a debtor's exemption on property released from a lien or...
- Judge(s):
- LAFFERTY, FARIS, and TAYLOR, Bankruptcy Judges
- Tag(s):
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- Citation:
- No. 17-1108 (1st Circuit, Jun 02,2021) Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- The Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, and not the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, apply to cases for which federal courts have jurisdiction under the "related to" jurisdictional grant of 28...
- Judge(s):
- Lynch and Selya, Circuit Judges, and Katzmann, Judge of the US Court of International Trade, sitting by designation
- Tag(s):
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- Citation:
- Nos. 20-1061; 20-1062 and 20-1063 (3rd Circuit, May 24,2021) Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- The bankruptcy court had jurisdiction over the State of California and a California commission (the "California Parties") to determine whether the California Parties owed funds to the...
- Judge(s):
- AMBRO, PORTER, and ROTH
- Tag(s):
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- Citation:
- 19-9011 (1st Circuit, Apr 27,2021) Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- A bankruptcy court's authority to enforce its own orders gives the court power to dismiss a bankruptcy petition, and to deny the debtor a discharge, if the debtor willfully fails to comply with the...
- Judge(s):
- Thompson, Selya, and Kayatta
- Tag(s):
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- Citation:
- OR-20-1110-BKT and OR-20-1111-BKT (9th Circuit, Apr 02,2021) Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- Defendants of malpractice claims of former Chapter 11 debtors did not have standing to object to a bankruptcy court's decision allowing the debtors to reopen their bankruptcy cases to file amended...
- Judge(s):
- BRAND, KLEIN, and TAYLOR, Bankruptcy Judges
- Tag(s):
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- Citation:
- BAP No. NM-20-033 (10th Circuit, Mar 12,2021) Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- An individual who files a chapter 11 case does not have an absolute right under § 1112(a) to convert her bankruptcy case to a chapter 7 proceeding. Section 1112(a) of the Bankruptcy Code is...
- Judge(s):
- ROMERO, SOMERS, and PARKER
- Tag(s):
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- Citation:
- 19-3052 (7th Circuit, Mar 12,2021) Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- A creditor or debt collector who violates the bankruptcy discharge, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA"), and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") was not entitled to have its...
- Judge(s):
- EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and WOOD
- Tag(s):
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