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Summaries by Ryan Heilman
- Summarized by Ryan Heilman , Heilman Law PLLC
- 4 years 11 months ago
- Citation:
- No. 18-3000 (3rd Circuit, Dec 17,2018) Not Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- The Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conversion of Debtor's Chapter 13 case to a Chapter 7 case. The Debtor debts exceeded the amounts set forth in 11 U.S.C. § 109(e). The Debtor did...
- Judge(s):
- AMBRO, KRAUSE and PORTER
- Tag(s):
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- Summarized by Ryan Heilman , Heilman Law PLLC
- 6 years 6 months ago
- Ruling:
- The Sixth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the Bankruptcy Court's contempt finding and remanded for determination of amount of sanctions to be awarded. The Panel affirmed the Bankruptcy...
- Judge(s):
- DELK, HUMPHREY, and OPPERMAN
- Tag(s):
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- Summarized by Ryan Heilman , Heilman Law PLLC
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Citation:
- 15 - 3761 (3rd Circuit, May 05,2017) Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- The Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court's ruling that the Debtor's late filed tax documents did not constitute returns under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(1)(B). Adopting the ruling...
- Judge(s):
- FISHER, GREENAWAY, JR. and ROTH
- Tag(s):
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- Summarized by Ryan Heilman , Heilman Law PLLC
- 6 years 8 months ago
- Citation:
- 16-2827 (2d Circuit, Mar 21, 2017) (2nd Circuit, Mar 21,2017) Not Published
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Ruling:
- The Second Circuit held that a claim against a law firm for settlement proceeds received by the law firm on behalf of the client was a general unsecured claim where the law firm dissipated the...
- Judge(s):
- Dennis Jacobs, Robert D. Sack, and Paul A. Engelmayer (District Judge)
- Tag(s):
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- Summarized by Ryan Heilman , Heilman Law PLLC
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Citation:
- Elliott v. General Motors LLC (In re Motors Liquidation Co.), Case Nos. 15-2844, 15-2847, 15-2848 (2d Cir. N.Y. July 13, 2016).
- Ruling:
- The Second Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the debtor, General Motors Corporation ("Old GM"), had an obligation to provide notice to vehicle owners with defects of which Old GM knew or...
- Judge(s):
- STRAUB, CHIN, and CARNEY
- Tag(s):
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- Summarized by Ryan Heilman , Heilman Law PLLC
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Citation:
- Ritchie Capital Management, LLC v. General Electric Capital Corp., Case No. 15-2816 (2d Cir. May 11, 2016) (per curiam)
- Ruling:
- The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court's holding that an investor in a Ponzi scheme lacks standing to bring claims for aiding and abetting fraud and civil conspiracy to...
- Judge(s):
- WALKER, CALABRESI, and HALL
- Tag(s):
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- Summarized by Ryan Heilman , Heilman Law PLLC
- 8 years 2 months ago
- Citation:
- In re Ke (Ke v. Wang), Case No. 14-3824 (2d Cir. Oct. 6, 2015) (unpublished) (per curiam)
- Ruling:
- The Second Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court and district court's ruling that that a debt was nondischargeable by the chapter 7 debtor because it was incurred by intentional or extremely...
- Judge(s):
- Dennis Jacobs, Peirre N. Leval, Geoffrey W. Crawford (District Judge sitting by designation).
- Tag(s):
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- Summarized by Ryan Heilman , Heilman Law PLLC
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Citation:
- Liggett v. Schwartz, Case Nos. 14-1433, 14-1435, and 14-1436 (6th Cir. July 21, 2015).
- Ruling:
- The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed rulings by the Bankruptcy and District Courts of the Eastern District of Michigan, finding that (i) because a property settlement contained in a judgment...
- Judge(s):
- GIBBONS and COOK, Circuit Judges; GWIN, District Judge, sitting by designation.
- Tag(s):
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- Summarized by Ryan Heilman , Heilman Law PLLC
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Citation:
- Keeley v. Grider, Case No. 14-5228 (6th Cir. Nov. 3, 2014) (unpublished).
- Ruling:
- Plaintiff obtained a default judgment against debtor, but the judgment was entered by the clerk of the bankruptcy court and was not declared "non-dischargeable." The bankruptcy court denied...
- Judge(s):
- Cook, White, and Michelson (District Judge sitting by designation)
- Tag(s):
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- Summarized by Ryan Heilman , Heilman Law PLLC
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Citation:
- Derbabian v. Bank of America, N.A., Case No. 14-1253 (6th Cir. Oct. 17, 2014) (unpublished).
- Ruling:
- The Sixth Circuit affirmed the District's Court's dismissal of plaintiffs' eight-count complaint relating to the foreclosure-by-advertisement of their home.
Specifically, plaintiffs (i) failed...
- Judge(s):
- Cole, Keith, and Batchelder.
- Tag(s):
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