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In re: Graves

Bankruptcy Law, Tax Law
In an appeal from the bankruptcy appellate panel's holding that the Bankruptcy Code's turnover provision, 11 U.S.C. section 542, did not empower a...

US v. Mitchell

Bankruptcy Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's bankruptcy fraud sentence is affirmed where, in a complicated proceeding such as this, the district court must reasonably approximate the...

In re: Trout

Bankruptcy Law
In a bankruptcy trustee's appeal from a decision of the bankruptcy appellate panel affirming the bankruptcy court's determination that, having...

In re McKinney

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
An appeal by a tax debt owner in Chapter 13 proceedings, arising from the bankruptcy court's denial of its objections to the debtor's proposed plan to...

In re: Delta Airlines, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Tax Law
In creditors' appeal from a bankruptcy court's order upholding debtor's objections to their claims under tax indemnification agreements, the order is...

RLI Ins. Co. v. All Star Transp., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Transportation
In an interpleader action by an insurance company to determine its obligations to pay truckers hired by its bankrupt insured under a surety bond,...

In re: Wilborn

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In an interlocutory appeal from a bankruptcy court's certification of a class action in an adversary proceeding, the order is vacated where a...

Schwab v. Reilly

Bankruptcy Law
In a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee's appeal from the Third Circuit's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's order denying the trustee permission to...

SEC v. Byers

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
In nonparties' appeal from the district court's order holding that its jurisdiction in rem and its equitable powers provided it with sufficient...

In re: Nosek

Bankruptcy Law, Sanctions
In a creditor's appeal from a $250,000 sanction issued sua sponte by the bankruptcy court, the sanction is reduced to $5,000 where: 1) nothing...