In dueling appeals arising from the same case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the grant by the district court of the motion for summary judgment, based on the...
Judge(s):
Jennifer Walker Elrod; Edith Brown Clement; and Irma Carrillo Ramirez
A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California affirming the decision of that district's bankruptcy...
Judge(s):
Daniel P. Collins; Danielle J. Forrest; and Jennifer Sung
In a per curiam opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Circuit) found no error in the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (BC) denying relief from...
In this direct appeal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the ruling of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (BC) that the trustee for two...
Judge(s):
Kyle S. Duncan; Jennifer W. Elrod; and Irma C. Ramirez
Wading into three areas of law-the Bankruptcy Code, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), and Illinois state law—the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) concluded that the...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Circuit) held that Ricky Hughes (DR), a former chapter 13 debtor whose first plan payment dated nearly 10 years earlier, had the standing to...
Judge(s):
Ralph R. Erickson; Michael J. Melloy; and David Stras
Resolving consolidated appeals by A&D Property Consultants LLC (AD) of a decision by the circuit's bankruptcy appellate panel (BAP) affirming two bankruptcy court (BC) orders, the U.S. Court of...
Judge(s):
Sidney R. Thomas; Eric D. Miller; and Richard D. Bennett
As had the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Circuit) affirmed orders issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the...
Judge(s):
David J. Porter; Tamika Montgomery-Reeves; and Jane Richards Roth
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the dismissal of the decision of the circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) to affirm the partial dismissal of an adversary...
Judge(s):
Sidney R. Thomas; Gabriel P. Sanchez; and Consuelo Callahan
Joining the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Tenth Circuits, whose decisions the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois (BC) had followed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for...
Judge(s):
Thomas Kirsch; Frank Easterbrook; and Diane S. Sykes
