Description | Date | Docket # |
In re Sneed Shipbuilding, Inc. United States Fifth Circuit Bankruptcy Law Affirmed the dismissal of an appeal in a matter concerning the bankruptcy of a shipbuilding company. The bankruptcy court's approval of the sale of... |
02/05/2019 | 18-40350 |
In re Ondova Limited Co. United States Fifth Circuit Bankruptcy Law Held that bankruptcy trustees are entitled to qualified immunity for personal harms caused by actions that, while not pursuant to a court order, fall... |
02/04/2019 | 18-10182 |
In re Calvert United States Seventh Circuit Bankruptcy Law, Labor & Employment Law Held that the sole owner of an electrical contracting company could discharge a debt in bankruptcy. The National Labor Relations Board had ordered him... |
01/22/2019 | 17-1895 |
In re Ultra Petroleum Corp. United States Fifth Circuit Oil and Gas Law, Bankruptcy Law Held that energy companies emerging from bankruptcy did not have to pay certain creditors a contractual make-whole amount, even though the companies... |
01/17/2019 | 17-20793 |
The PACA Trust Creditors v. Genecco Produce Inc. United States Second Circuit Bankruptcy Law, Agriculture Affirmed a judgment in a dispute between two creditors of an agricultural produce company that filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. One of the creditors... |
01/09/2019 | 17‐1949-cv |
In re Buccaneer Resources LLC United States Fifth Circuit Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law Held that a fired chief executive officer could sue the company's secured creditor in state court. Affirmed that his tortious interference claim... |
01/04/2019 | 18-40003 |
Easley v. Collection Service of Nevada United States Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Law, Attorney's Fees Held that a bankruptcy debtor who sought damages for willful violation of the automatic stay was entitled to attorney fees on appeal. When an appeal... |
12/20/2018 | 17-16506 |
In re City of Stockton United States Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Law In a case involving the City of Stockton's municipal bankruptcy, dismissed an appeal filed by a person who objected to confirmation of the city's... |
12/10/2018 | 14-17269 |
Wilson v. Rigby United States Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Law Held that a Chapter 7 debtor was not allowed to amend a bankruptcy schedule to reflect a post-petition increase in the value of property that was the... |
11/27/2018 | 17-35716 |
In re Marriage of Vaughn California Court of Appeal Bankruptcy Law, Family Law In a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case, held that when the nature of a debt is such that its discharge will directly and adversely impact the finances of the... |
11/27/2018 | B286871 |