The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that while contingent indemnification claims by co-liable creditors are disallowed under 11 U.S.C. § 502(e)(1)(B), claims for accrued...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld a district court's order staying and enjoining Plaintiffs/Appellants' continued litigation against Defendant/Appellee Puerto Rico Police...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed a district court decision allowing plaintiffs to collect attorneys' fees from Puerto Rico related to a lawsuit about COVID-19 pandemic...
A Fifth Circuit majority upheld an order stating a Chapter 7 Trustee could not include surplus funds paid to a debtor's equity security holder in calculating a commission under 11 U.S.C. § 326(a)....
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld a debtor/defendant's conviction for making a false bankruptcy declaration in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 152(3) despite the absence of a...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the appellant/individual debtor's convictions and sentence for bankruptcy fraud and criminal contempt (for violating a preliminary...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a Bankruptcy Appellate Panel decision upholding the bankruptcy court's denial of the appellant/plaintiff/creditor's motion for relief from a...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a bankruptcy court's order reducing a debtor's homestead exemption to $0 under 11 U.S.C. § 522(o). The bankruptcy court did not clearly err...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that bankruptcy professionals are entitled to derivative judicial immunity when they act pursuant to and in accordance with a bankruptcy court's...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held it had jurisdiction to review a bankruptcy court's denial of a chapter 13 debtor's Civil Rule 60(b) motion and affirmed, concluding his failure...
