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Summaries by Mark Melickian
- Summarized by Mark Melickian , Raines Feldman Littrell LLP
- 11 years 6 months ago
- Citation:
- App. No. No. 12-3474 (7th Circuit Court of Appeals) - August 14, 2014
- Ruling:
- The Seventh Circuit held that the derivative claims held by the trustee of a bankrupt bank holding company against former managers were assigned by federal law to the FDIC, and upheld the district...
- Judge(s):
- Wood, Easterbrook, Hamilton (Opinion by Easterbrook; concurrence by Hamilton).
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- Summarized by Mark Melickian , Raines Feldman Littrell LLP
- 12 years 2 months ago
- Ruling:
- The circuit court affirmed the district court's ruling, but not without comment. The appeal was on several grounds, but this summary focuses on the primary 523(a)(6) analysis, which includes...
- Judge(s):
- Wood, Manion, and Tinder (Circuit Judges).
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- Summarized by Mark Melickian , Raines Feldman Littrell LLP
- 12 years 10 months ago
- Citation:
- Case Nos. 12-1241 and 12-1255, 7th Cir. Court of Appeals (decided April 23, 2013)
- Ruling:
- Reversing the district court, the 7th Circuit panel agreed with the bankruptcy court (450 B.R. 858 (Bankr. W.D. Wis. 2011)) that IRA "retirement funds" lose their character once they are...
- Judge(s):
- Frank Easterbrook, Chief Judge; Joel Flaum, Circuit Judge; Ann Williams, Circuit Judge.
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- Summarized by Mark Melickian , Raines Feldman Littrell LLP
- 13 years 2 weeks ago
- Citation:
- Case no. 12-2639, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (decided February 14, 2013)
- Ruling:
- On a direct appeal from the bankruptcy court, the 7th Circuit panel held that a new value plan in which new investment in the debtor is provided by a spouse that was not an equity investor in the...
- Judge(s):
- Frank Easterbrook, Chief Judge; Joel Flaum, Circuit Judge; Ilana Rovner, Circuit Judge. Opinion by Judge Easterbrook.
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- Summarized by Mark Melickian , Raines Feldman Littrell LLP
- 13 years 11 months ago
- Citation:
- Case no. 11-1423, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (decided March 7, 2012)
- Ruling:
- Overturning the district court, the 7th Circuit panel held that a plaintiff successfully pled various state law contract and tort claims against a mortgage servicer that she alleged improperly...
- Judge(s):
- Kenneth Ripple (Circuit Judge); David Hamilton (Circuit Judge); Sue E. Myerscough (District Court Judge - CD Illinois - sitting by designation). Opinion by Hamilton; concurrence by Ripple.
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