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Cunning v. Rucker

Bankruptcy Law
In an appeal from the Bankruptcy Court's order denying an exemption for Debtor's assets in pension and 401(k) plans, the order is affirmed, where the...

Batlan v. Bledsoe

Bankruptcy Law, Family Law
In a bankruptcy trustee's motion to avoid a transfer made pursuant to a state court judgment dissolving the Debtor's marriage, the order denying the...

MHR Capital Ptnrs. LP v. Presstek, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts
In a breach of contract action, judgment for Defendant is affirmed where Defendant's obligation to perform under the stock purchase agreement at issue...

Reiber v. GMAC, LLC

Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Transportation
The Court of Appeals answered a certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit as follows: The portion of an...

Binder & Binder, P.C. v. Handel

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Government Benefits
In an appeal from an order discharging Debtor's debt to Plaintiff law firm, the order is affirmed, where the government had not waived its sovereign...

Bank of Am., N.A. v. Mukamai

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law
In an appeal from the Bankruptcy Court's order voiding a payment made by the Debtor to Plaintiff as a preferential transfer, the order is affirmed...

Wirum v. Warren

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
In an appeal from a Bankruptcy Court order waiving 11 U.S.C. section 521(i)(1)'s requirement that a debtor file a list of creditors within 45 days of...

Travelers Indemn. Co. v. Bailey

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In objections to a settlement of tort claims against the insurer of an asbestos manufacturer, the Court of Appeals' order sustaining the objections is...

In re Kim

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an appeal from the Bankruptcy Court's order allowing the Trustee to use his strong arm power to avoid the lien created by Debtor's security deed,...

In re Harvard Indus., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Tax Law
In the IRS's appeal from an order allowing a carry-back for certain of Debtor's claimed expenses, the order is affirmed in part, where a distributor's...