The Tenth Circuit affirmed the debtor-appellant’s conviction for attempting to conceal an asset from the trustee in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 152(1) and perpetrating a hoax regarding the...
The B.A.P. affirmed the bankruptcy court’s denial of claimant’s motion for reconsideration of an order sustaining debtor’s omnibus objection to claims.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling that the doctrine of equitable subrogation would not operate to grant Ocwen a first-priority lien on certain real property owned by the...
Finding no error in the bankruptcy court’s findings, the Eighth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court’s denial of reconsideration of an earlier order imposing sanctions on the appellent for...
Affirming the bankruptcy court’s ruling, the Eighth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel held that a bankruptcy case or adversary proceeding may not be used as a means to collaterally attack a...
Emphasizing the fact that issue preclusion generally applies to a decision on the merits of an issue that has been actually litigated, the Tenth Circuit held that issue preclusion does not apply to...
With one exception (discussed below), the Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of various consolidated bankruptcy appeals as statutorily moot by operation of § 363(m).
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a bankruptcy appeal, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing an appeal after the appellant failed...