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Matter of Thorpe Insulation Co.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, the district court's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's orders denying a creditor's motion to compel...

Matter of Meruelo Maddux Properties, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings involving the question whether the debtor was subject to the single asset real estate provisions of the...

Flores v. Kmart Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action brought against a corporation that had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy pursuant to which a bankruptcy court had entered an...

In the Matter of Thorpe Insulation Co.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts
In a bankruptcy case in which several insurance companies that did not reach settlements with the debtors were not allowed to challenge the Chapter 11...

DiVittorio v. HSBC Bank USA, NA

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court upholding the bankruptcy court's dismissal of plaintiff's truth-in-lending complaint for...

Vegas Diamond Properties, LLC v. FDIC

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court dissolving a Temporary Restraining Order on the ground that the anti-injunction provision of the...

Payne v. Lampe

Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Remedies
In an appeal from an order of the district court affirming the Bankruptcy Court's order dismissing an action against the former custodian for the...

In Re: Nortel Networks, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Remedies
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court upholding the bankruptcy court's enforcement of a Section 362(b)(4) automatic stay against...

Pioneer Construction, Inc. v. Global Investment Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant in plaintiff's action for foreclosure of a mechanic's lien, Civil Code section 3144, judgment...

Behrmann v. National Heritage Foundation, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
District Court affirmance of bankruptcy court order confirming Chapter 11 reorganization plan of nonprofit public charity is vacated and case remanded...