| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
Waldron v. FDICUnited States Ninth Circuit
Bankruptcy Law
Reversed. The panel held that the FDIC’s appeal was timely filed within 60 days of entry of the district court’s judgment because, even though acting...
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08/28/2019 | 18-35375 |
Double Eagle Energy Services v. MarkWest Utica EMGUnited States Fifth Circuit
Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Vacated and remanded. Subject matter jurisdiction is determined when the federal court's jurisdiction is first invoked, so although subsequent changes...
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08/26/2019 | 19-30207 |
Sterling v. Southlake Nautilus HealthUnited States Seventh Circuit
Debt Collection, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Affirmed in part and reversed in part. A company that was unaware of a debt discharge in bankruptcy was not liable for continuing to attempt to...
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08/13/2019 | 18-2773 |
Port of Corpus Christi Auth. v. Sherwin Alumina CompanyUnited States Fifth Circuit
Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law
Affirmed. The bankruptcy court's rejection of a Texas Port Authority's claims of sovereign immunity and fraud in their gambit to invalidate a...
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08/06/2019 | 18-40557 |
Williams v. JaffeUnited States Seventh Circuit
Bankruptcy Law
Reversed. A debtor's property cannot be excluded from the bankruptcy estate in cases involving contingent future interests.
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08/05/2019 | 18-2726 |
Thomas v. Department of EducationUnited States Fifth Circuit
Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Affirmed. A bankruptcy court's denial of a request to discharge a 60 year-old disabled former student's debt was affirmed. She failed to establish a...
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07/30/2019 | 18-11091 |
Nabors Offshore Corporation v. Whistler Energy IIUnited States Fifth Circuit
Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Reversed, vacated, and remanded. Holding that a creditor can establish that its expenses are attributable to the actions of the bankruptcy estate...
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07/26/2019 | 18-0940 |
In Re: BelmonteUnited States Second Circuit
Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Affirmed. A district court decision affirming a Bankruptcy Court order to remit funds to the trustee of a bankruptcy estate was part of the proceeds...
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07/25/2019 | 18-2098-bk |
Fox v. HathawayUnited States Seventh Circuit
Bankruptcy Law
Affirmed. A bankruptcy judge did not commit clear error in finding that a trustee’s distributions to a third party while the company was insolvent...
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07/10/2019 | 17-2354 |
In Re: Devan Dennis and Tyeane HalbertUnited States Seventh Circuit
Bankruptcy Law, Government Benefits
Affirmed. The Illinois Child Care Assistance Program could not collect overpayments made to debtors under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
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06/27/2019 | 18-2899 |