The bankruptcy court's exercise of its power under 11 U.S.C. § 362(d) to annul the automatic stay was not subject to the Supreme Court's prohibition on nunc pro tunc orders. See Catholic...
Judge(s):
WILLIAM PRYOR, Chief Judge, and GRANT and KIDD, Circuit Judges.
A party that litigates using the in forma pauperis provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915 is subject to heightened pleading standards by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), so the trial court, sua sponte, should...
Judge(s):
BAUKNIGHT, CROOM, and GREGG, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judges
Under Johnson v. Home State Bank, 501 U.S. 78 (1991), a person whose personal liability on a debt is discharged in bankruptcy is still a consumer with a debt under the federal Fair Debt Collection...
In a decision that hinged on whether a transfer of part of a lessee's interest in real property was a sublease or an assignment under Louisiana law, the court affirmed the bankruptcy court's...
In yet another example of the truth of the adage that "the man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client," the Court of Appeals affirmed the defendant's convictions for bankruptcy and mail...
The Court of Appeals found that the facts supported the bankruptcy court's finding that a debt was nondischargeable due to the debtor's failure to disclose material facts before entering into an...
Judge(s):
SANCHEZ and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and DONATO, District Judge, sitting by designation
In a decision that reduced Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., 603 U.S. 204 (2024), to one footnote, the court ruled that district courts could enter third-party injunctions in SEC Ponzi-scheme...
Judge(s):
EBEL (sitting by designation), BADE, and FORREST, Circuit Court judges
In the first review of Up-Tier lending (discussed in the "Facts" section of this summary) by a court of Appeals, the Fifth Circuit held that the pre-petition up-tier lending arrangement between the...
The district court has no jurisdiction to consider an appeal from an order of the bankruptcy court if the appellant fails to file the notice of appeal in a timely manner. A timely notice of appeal...
A federal tax lien attaches to all of a debtor's assets and has priority from the date on which notice of the lien is filed. As a result, a secured creditor's security interest, even though...
Judge(s):
RANCH and LUCK, Circuit Judges, and BERGER, District Judge
