Ninth Circuit reversing district court, which had reserved the bankruptcy court award of damages to the Debtors for violation of the automatic stay by the IRS. Sovereign immunity does not bar an...
Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed order from bankruptcy court finding Plaintiffs did not prove a claim under § 523(a)(2)(A) when they failed to provide evidence supporting...
Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed order from bankruptcy court finding debt non dischargeable under § 523(a)(2)(A) and (a)(4). Bankruptcy court did not err when it granted...
Seventh Circuit affirmed order of bankruptcy court concluding Social Security Administration (“SSA”) could setoff $17,385 in the debtor’s account. The agency, however, was required under §...
First Circuit affirmed convictions of defendant who exploited debtors by filing incomplete bankruptcy petitions and promising assistance in their child support payments. First Circuit also vacated...
Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part order of district court granting motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. District court erred...
Tenth Circuit affirmed the judgment of bankruptcy court denying claims for nondischargeability of debt under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(2)(A) and (a)(6), which excepts from discharge any debt obtained “for...
Ninth Circuit BAP affirmed the judgment of bankruptcy court finding community property held by debtor and non-filing spouse, which included the assets of an out-of-state alter-ego corporation, were...
Bankruptcy court did not commit a reversible error when it annulled the automatic stay nunc pro tunc to validate a postpetition nonjudicial foreclosure sale of real property where the debtor was...
Eight Circuit affirmed the judgment of the bankruptcy court finding debt owed to the Department of Labor (DOL) was non-dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. Section 523(a)(4), which excepts from discharge...
