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Summaries by Thomas Phinney

Bates v. Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc.

Citation:
Bates v. MERS, No. 11-15894 (9th Circuit, September 17, 2012).
Ruling:
Plaintiff alleged that defendant lenders made false representations under the California False Claims Act ("CFCA") in naming MERS as a beneficiary in recorded mortgage documents in order to avoid...
Judge(s):
Mary M. Schroeder and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges, and Edward R. Korman, District Judge.
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Parks v. Drummond (In re Parks)

Citation:
BAP No. MT-11-1366-JuMkH (August 6, 2012)
Ruling:
The BAP held that 541(b)(7)(A) excludes from property of the estate only those 401(k) contributions made before the petition date, and that Chapter 13 debtors' voluntary postpetition retirement...
Judge(s):
JURY, MARKELL, and HOLLOWELL, Bankruptcy Judges
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State of Nevada v. Bank of America Corp.

Citation:
Case No. 12-15005; D.C. No. 3:11-cv-00135 (March 2, 2012, 9th Circuit)
Ruling:
The Ninth Circuit ordered the remand back to Nevada state court of a "parens patriae" lawsuit brought by the State of Nevada, alleging that (1) Bank of America misled Nevada consumers about the...
Judge(s):
REINHARDT, WARDLAW, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge WARDLAW
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SS Farms, LLC v. Sharp (In re SK Foods, L.P.)

Citation:
D.C. No. 2:09-cv-02937 (9th Cir., February 9, 2012)
Ruling:
The Ninth Circuit held that a bankruptcy court order, which denied a motion made by affiliates of the debtor for turnover of records held by the debtor's trustee, was an interlocutory order, not a...
Judge(s):
Alex Kozinski, Carlos T. Bea, Robert W. Gettleman
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Scott v. Kruse (In re Fisher Financial & Investment LLC)

Citation:
___ F.3d ___ (9th Cir. May 19, 2011) (Case No. 09-60035) (Unpublished; Not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36).
Ruling:
The Ninth Circuit upheld the imposition of sanctions against an attorney, based on the bad faith removal of an action to bankruptcy court, as an appropriate exercise of the court’s inherent...
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Goodrich v. Briones (In re Schwarzkopf)

Citation:
Robert L. Goodrich v. Juan Briones (In Re: Alexis Hill Schwarzkopf), No. 08-56974, (Nov. 23, 2010, 9th Cir); 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 24046
Ruling:
Debtors’ Two Irrevocable Trusts Were Invalid The Debtors set up two irrevocable trusts in 1992 (collectively, “Trusts”), naming as beneficiary their minor child. The first trust (the...
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