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Summaries by Bradley Pearce
- Citation:
- 16-20589 (5th Circuit, Jan 03,2018) Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- A debtor claiming federal exemptions under 11 U.S.C. § 522 may exempt 100% of the value of his or her interest in the asset rather than the value of the asset itself.
NOTE: this is a narrow...
- Judge(s):
- JOLLY, SMITH, GRAVES
- Tag(s):
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- Ruling:
- (1) Affirming the bankruptcy court's judgment of $1,000 per each improper post-discharge contact of the debtors by the creditor; and (2) vacating, and remanding to the bankruptcy court, the...
- Judge(s):
- FARIS, LAFFERTY, TIGHE (U.S. Bankr. C.D. Cal., sitting by designation)
- Tag(s):
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- Ruling:
- The narrow holding of this split decision is that Georgia's pawn statute cuts off the rights of a Chapter 13 debtor in pawned property if the debtor doesn't redeem the property within the time ...
- Judge(s):
- WILSON, NEWSOM and MORENO (S.D. Fla., sitting by designation)
- Tag(s):
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- Citation:
- 16-11436 (5th Circuit, Nov 29,2017) Not Published
- Case Status:
- Dismissed
- Ruling:
- The appeal was dismissed as moot because the appellants failed to appeal the bankruptcy court's order confirming a Chapter 11 plan. The plan incorporated a Settlement Agreement that extinguished...
- Judge(s):
- BARKDALE, DENNIS, CLEMENT
- Tag(s):
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- Citation:
- 16-6014 (10th Circuit, Nov 17,2017) Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- The appellant, Hefner, did not have standing to appeal the district court's order holding that Hefner had standing to object to a settlement approved by the bankruptcy court. The court of appeals...
- Judge(s):
- KELLY, MURPHY, MORITZ
- Tag(s):
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- Citation:
- 16-6014 (10th Circuit, Nov 17,2017) Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- The plaintiff in a state-court shareholder derivative suit was not entitled to additional discovery because his claims, other than for attorney's fees, had been mooted by confirmation of a Chapter...
- Judge(s):
- KELLY, MURPHY, MORITZ
- Tag(s):
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- Citation:
- 17-1407 (1st Circuit, Nov 16,2017) Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- In this case lies a warning to all attorneys -- the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in denying the debtor's motion to extend the time for her to file an appeal. The debtor's...
- Judge(s):
- Howard, Torruella, Lynch
- Tag(s):
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- Citation:
- WW-17-1006-BKuF, WW-17-1007-BKuF (Cross-Appeals) (9th Circuit, Nov 02,2017) Not Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- The BAP affirmed the bankruptcy court's ruling that the debtor's transfer of 2/3 of the proceeds from its 2011 blueberry crop was avoidable as a fraudulent transfer and that the intended...
- Judge(s):
- BRAND, KURTZ, FARIS
- Tag(s):
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- Citation:
- WW-17-1067-KuFB (9th Circuit, Oct 17,2017) Not Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- An individual's failure to keep records relating to alleged gambling debts and payments, the sale of her 2013 Lexus, and "millions in unexplained deposits and withdrawals into and out of [her] bank...
- Judge(s):
- KURTZ, FARIS, and BRAND, Bankruptcy Judges
- Tag(s):
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- Citation:
- 17-6012 (8th Circuit, Sep 22,2017) Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- Perhaps finally resolving an issue that has yo-yoed from the bankruptcy court to the Eighth Circuit, and cutting through the metaphysics of whether a judgment against only one spouse can become a...
- Judge(s):
- SCHERMER, NAIL, SANBERG, Bankruptcy Judges
- Tag(s):
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