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US v. Goldman

Bankruptcy Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sentencing
Defendant-former attorney's sentence for impeding bankruptcy proceedings is affirmed over his claim that the district court erred by enhancing his...

Gulfcoast Workstation Corp. v. Peltz

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
In a chapter 11 bankruptcy case, judgment for a court-appointed plan administrator in his adversary proceeding seeking to avoid certain alleged...

Stallings v. Hussmann Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Family Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
The abuse of discretion standard applies to review of a district court's application of the judicial estoppel doctrine. In a suit against an employer...

Greene v. Leasing Assocs., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Professional Malpractice
A judgment in favor of a client in a legal malpractice case is reversed where the malpractice action was initiated according to the terms of a...

Egleston v. Egleston

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Family Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment against a former wife in her adversary proceeding to except from discharge various state court judgments rendered against her...

Peeler v. MCI, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Decision denying injunctive relief to a landowner in a suit over a fiber optic cable box is affirmed, but the case remanded for determinations as to:...

Ladd v. Ries

Agriculture, Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A decision denying bankruptcy debtors' motion to amend their asset schedules to claim their farm as exempt property under state law is reversed where...

Caradon Doors & Windows, Inc. v. Eagle-Picher Indus., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
A district court's reversal of a bankruptcy court's grant of a motion to stay a contract and patent action, involving artificial-wood door...

United Airlines v. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
District court judgment is reversed in a bankruptcy proceeding involving the retention of airport facilities where an arrangement between airline and...

Colsen v. US

Bankruptcy Law, Tax Law
In the context of bankruptcy proceedings, the honesty and genuineness of a filer's attempt to satisfy tax laws when filing IRS tax returns should be...