Agreeing with the U.S. Bankruptcy and District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois (BC and DC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit found bankruptcy in rem jurisdiction...
Judge(s):
Kenneth F. Ripple; Ilana K.D. Rovner; and Thomas L. Kirsch II
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court order dismissing a creditor's amended pleading upon concluding that § 523(a)(4) does not except debts of a trustee...
Judge(s):
Charles R. Wilson; Elizabeth L. Branch; and Barbara Lagoa
Agreeing with Bestwall LLC (DR), a chapter 11 debtor in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina (BC), that it had rightly invoked collateral estoppel, the U.S. Court of...
Judge(s):
Kent A. Jordan; Cheryl A. Krause; and David J. Porter
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the ruling of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) that found no bankruptcy court jurisdiction...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Gary A. Spraker; and Laura S. Taylor
Two judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the dismissal by the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota (DC) of a complaint filed by Anders Rydholm...
Judge(s):
Ralph R. Erickson; Michael J.. Melloy; and Jonathan A. Kobes
In this appeal by Swarnjit Singh Sahni (CR), a creditor, of the order confirming the first amended chapter 13 plan (Plan), as filed by Yoshihiro Tajima and Tomoko Nakajima (DRs), by the U.S....
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; William J. Lafferty III; and Scott H. Gan
In an appeal by a chapter 11 debtor of a bankruptcy court’s judgment for it and against three persons and denial of motion to amend, the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP)...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; William J. Lafferty III; and Julia W. Brand
Years after Douglas Kelley (TR), liquidating trustee for Petters Company, Inc.,, secured a default judgment against Capital Strategies Fund, Ltd. (CS), a recipient of funds from the “infamous”...
Judge(s):
Amy J. St. Eve; Michael B. Brennan; and Michael Y. Scudder
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California (BC) not to hold a state court non-debtor...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; William J. Lafferty III; and Julia W. Brand
Affirming the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC), the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) discerned no abuse of discretion or err in its...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Scott H. Gan; and Laura S. Taylor
