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IN RE: HEYL

Citation:
No. 18-6001 (8th Circuit, Oct 18,2018) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The bankruptcy court did not err when dismissing the appellants' second nondischargeability complaint and denying appellants' subsequent motion for reconsideration. The bankruptcy court correctly...
Judge(s):
SALADINO, Chief Judge, DOW and SANBERG, Bankruptcy Judges
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IN RE: INSITE CORPORATION, INC.

Citation:
17-1436 (1st Circuit, Oct 05,2018) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
The Pearlman doctrine (Pearlman v. Reliance Ins. Co., 371 U.S. 132, 141-42 (1962)), does not apply to the relationship at issue between the debtor-subcontractor and the contractor due to the...
Judge(s):
Torruella, Lipez, and Barron
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON v. LANE

Citation:
NC-16-1405-BSTa (9th Circuit, Sep 19,2018) Published
Case Status:
Reversed
Ruling:
The bankruptcy court erred in voiding a holder's first priority deed of trust. The order upholding the debtor's objection to the holder's proof of claim was not a ruling on the merits as to the...
Judge(s):
BRAND, SPRAKER and TAYLOR, Bankruptcy Judges
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PRICE v. SPOKANE ROCK I, LLC

Citation:
16-35753 (9th Circuit, Sep 14,2018) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
Chapter 11 cases for individuals may create discharge problems in a liquidating chapter 11. In this appeal, the individual chapter 11 debtors did not continue in their pre-petition businesses, and...
Judge(s):
Marsha S. Berzon and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges, and Raymond J. Dearie, District Judge (EDNY), by designation
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Tanguy v. West

Citation:
17-20655 (5th Circuit, Sep 05,2018) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
Failure to address a lower court's opinion that the appeal was moot under section 363(m) constitutes a waiver of that argument unless the appellant presented evidence at the bankruptcy court, and...
Judge(s):
KING, ELROD, and HAYNES
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Sino Clean Energy, Inc. v. Seiden

Citation:
No. 17-15316 (9th Circuit, Aug 27,2018) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
Former members of the board of directors of a Nevada corporation, who had been removed by the receiver for the corporation, did not have standing under Nevada law to file a bankruptcy petition on...
Judge(s):
Graber, Tallman, and Ivan L.R. Lemelle (Senior District Judge, E.D. La., sitting by designation)
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Kemp v. U.S. Department of Education

Citation:
17-6032 (8th Circuit, Aug 24,2018) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
In order to obtain a section 523(a)(8) discharge, a debtor must introduce a preponderance of evidence that shows that any obligation to repay student loan debt imposes an undue hardship on the...
Judge(s):
SALADINO, NAIL and SHODEEN
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Bennett v. Jefferson County, AL

  • Summarized by Bradley Pearce , Pearce Law PLLC
  • 7 years 10 months ago
Citation:
15-11690 (11th Circuit, Aug 16,2018) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
The doctrine of equitable mootness applies to confirmed plans in chapter 9 (as well as chapter 11 and 13) bankruptcy cases. To the extent that constitutional rights may be affected in chapter 9...
Judge(s):
TJOFLAT, MARTIN, and JORDAN
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de Jong v. JLE-04 Parker, L.L.C.

  • Summarized by Bradley Pearce , Pearce Law PLLC
  • 7 years 10 months ago
Citation:
AZ-17-1280-FSBa and AZ-17-1292-FSBa (9th Circuit, Aug 03,2018) Published
Case Status:
Reversed and Remanded
Ruling:
The "rule of mandate," which requires that a trial court quote adhere to the appellate court's decision, does not prohibit a trial court from addressing issues that were not decided by the...
Judge(s):
FARIS, SPRAKER, and BASON (sitting by designation)
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Pendergraft v. Network of Neighbors, Inc.

  • Summarized by Bradley Pearce , Pearce Law PLLC
  • 7 years 10 months ago
Citation:
18-20045 (5th Circuit, Aug 08,2018) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The mental culpability to make a debt non-dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(4) can be established with evidence that the debtor failed to comply with corporate formalities (at least when the...
Judge(s):
DAVIS, COSTA, and ENGELHARDT
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