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Summaries by Madison Conquest
- Summarized by Madison Conquest , State of Tennessee Real Estate Asset Management
- 9 years 11 months ago
- Citation:
- In re Canopy Financial, Inc., No. 12-3239 (February 28, 2013) (Easterbrook, Posner and Tinder, Circuit Judges).
- Ruling:
- Affirmed. Though a trial judge has discretion to excuse some negligent errors under the equitable “excusable neglect” standard of Pioneer Investment Services Co. v. Brunswick Associates L.P.,...
- Judge(s):
- Easterbrook, Chief Judge, Posner and Tinder, Circuit Judges. Conlon, District Judge. Wedoff, Bankruptcy Judge.
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- Summarized by Madison Conquest , State of Tennessee Real Estate Asset Management
- 10 years 6 months ago
- Citation:
- Case No. 11-3299 (7th Cir. July 17, 2012)
- Ruling:
- Court of Appeals upheld criminal convictions of Johns on all four counts of bankruptcy fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 152(8), 18 U.S.C. § 157, 18 U.S.C. § 1519, and 18 U.S.C. § 152(5). Court of...
- Judge(s):
- Easterbrook, Flaum and Wood. Opinion by Circuit Judge Flaum.
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- Summarized by Madison Conquest , State of Tennessee Real Estate Asset Management
- 10 years 10 months ago
- Citation:
- Case Nos. 11-2018, 11-2026 (7th Cir. March 28, 2012)
- Ruling:
- Abitration provisions in creditors' contracts, even if enforceable or enforced, do not destroy bankruptcy court jurisdiction over a debtor's bankruptcy case.
- Judge(s):
- Posner, Wood and Tinder
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- Summarized by Madison Conquest , State of Tennessee Real Estate Asset Management
- 11 years 1 month ago
- Citation:
- First Chicago Bank & Trust v. Leibowitz (In re IFC Credit Corp.), Ch. 7 Case No. 09-27094, Adv. No. 09-01230, aff'd No. 11-cv-1976, No. 11-2172 (7th Cir. Dec. 5, 2011).
- Ruling:
- Affirmed. The rule prohibiting pro se corporate filings is nonjurisdictional. Even though a pro se corporate filing is defective, it can be cured by an amended petition signed by an attorney...
- Judge(s):
- JJ. BAUER, POSNER AND WOOD
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- Summarized by Madison Conquest , State of Tennessee Real Estate Asset Management
- 11 years 5 months ago
- Citation:
- In re Longview Aluminum, L.L.C., No. 10-2780 (7th Cir. Sept. 2, 2011).
- Ruling:
- Because the question of "insider" status is a mixed question of law and fact, the Court of Appeals reviewed the underlying judgment de novo.
If a preference defendant is an "insider" of the...
- Judge(s):
- Circuit Judges Bauer, Flaum and Williams, with Judge Bauer writing for the Court. Affirming District Judge Der-Yeghiayan, who affirmed Bankruptcy Judge Wedoff of the Northern District of Illinois.
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- Summarized by Madison Conquest , State of Tennessee Real Estate Asset Management
- 11 years 6 months ago
- Citation:
- Nos. 10-2596, 10-2597, 10-2598, 10-2599 (7th Cir. July 26, 2011)
- Ruling:
- The Court of Appeals AFFIRMED the District Court's reversal order thereby permitting assignment of an alleged trademark sublicense absent licensor's consent. Purchaser argued that the District...
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