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Old Ben Coal Co. v. Office of Workers' Comp. Programs

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Petition for review of an award of black lung benefits to the widow of a coal miner is dismissed where the plaintiff-employer was no longer a real...

Murphy v. O'Donnell

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Granting of motion to modify confirmed Chapter 13 plan in one case, but denial of modification in second case, are affirmed where: 1) in case of...

In Re: Johns-Manville Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Motion to dismiss cross-appeal in No.06-2320-bk is granted as, whether or not the time limit for a cross-appeal is jurisdictional, the time limit must...

Holdeman v. Devine

Bankruptcy Law, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action suit brought by participants in an ERISA-governed medical benefit plan who were left with significant medical bills when their...

In re: Pomona Valley Med. Group, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
An order rejecting physician's contract with bankruptcy debtor-independent practice association and an order dismissing his complaint in an adversary...

In Re: Olympic Mills Corp.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Remedies
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel decision subjecting defendant-appellant to over $3 million in liability for retaining loan payments in breach of trust is...

In Re: Millivision, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, M&A, Securities Law
Summary judgment for a bankruptcy trustee allowing the invocation of the "strong-arm" provision against an unrecorded, unperfected security interest...

Stanley v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit challenging the Attorney General's removal of plaintiff from her position as a United States Trustee as a violation of the separation of...

In Re: Doctors Hosp. of Hyde Park, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Health Law
District court's affirmation of bankruptcy court's approval of a settlement of adversary litigation is affirmed over a creditor's arguments that: 1)...

LaSalle Bank, N.A. v. Takes

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding, the district court properly applied Iowa Code sections 560.20 and .21 in limiting the debtors' homestead...