Summarized by Adam Ballinger , Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
13 years 7 months ago
Citation:
Case No. 11-1900 (8th Cir. July 25, 2012)
Ruling:
The automatic stay does not apply to an action against a Debtor's improvement districts formed under Arkansas law because the improvement districts are neither property of the Debtor nor the...
Summarized by Adam Ballinger , Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
14 years 5 months ago
Citation:
No. 11-6040 (B.A.P. 8th Cir. October 5, 2011)
Ruling:
Affirmed. The bankruptcy court implicitly found that Midwest Oil and Yehud were substantially the same entity and has had its day in court four times already. First, because the bankruptcy court...
Summarized by Adam Ballinger , Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
14 years 6 months ago
Citation:
11-6012 (B.A.P. 8th Cir. August 29, 2011)
Ruling:
Reversed and Remanded. First, section 1322(b)(2) does not bar a Chapter 13 debtor from "stripping off" a wholly unsecured lien on his principal residence. The first step of the analysis is to...
Summarized by Adam Ballinger , Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
14 years 8 months ago
Citation:
11-6009 (B.A.P. 8th Cir. June 14, 2011)
Ruling:
Collateral estoppel does not apply to the Debtor's plea of guilty to the crime of battery in the second degree. The issues in the dischargeability action are not essential to the judgment in the...
Summarized by Adam Ballinger , Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
14 years 9 months ago
Citation:
Case No. 10-6066 (B.A.P. 8th Cir. June 2, 2011)
Ruling:
(1) The bankruptcy court correctly determined that the debtor's challenge to the contract was subject to arbitration. (2) The bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion by not tailoring an order...
Summarized by Adam Ballinger , Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
14 years 11 months ago
Citation:
No. 10-6084 (B.A.P. 8th Cir. March 23, 2011)
Ruling:
Affirmed. Where a debtor has had two or more cases pending within the previous year that were dismissed, and neither case was a case refiled under a chapter other than chapter 7 after dismissal...
Summarized by Adam Ballinger , Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
15 years 1 month ago
Citation:
Case No. 10-6058 (B.A.P. 8th Cir. January 28, 2011)
Ruling:
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel reversed and remanded the bankruptcy court's order which held that 11 U.S.C. § 502(h) alone prevented Standard from asserting an equitable recoupment defense. The...
Summarized by Adam Ballinger , Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
15 years 2 months ago
Citation:
No. 10-6019 (8th Cir. B.A.P. December 30, 2010)
Ruling:
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel held that (1) the $30,000 loan was not an advancement under the Contract and was not secured by the Property, and (2) the bankruptcy court's approval of the sale was...