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24-108 John Paul Salvador v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-31 Denied Amici (6) bankruptcy-code circuit-split discharge discharge-ability honest-and-reasonable-attempt income-tax-return late-filed-returns late-filing tax-debt tax-debts The Bankruptcy Code provides that an individual debtor's unpaid tax debts are dischargeable so long as they meet certain requirements. For older tax d…
23-994 Marcus Marchman v. Amerihome Mortgage Co. Georgia 2024-03-12 Denied bills-of-exchange bonds commerce-clause discharge foreclosure mortgage-debt securitized-debt standing title-48-cfr treasury-bonds u-c-c The Cobb County Superior Court, State of Georgia errored in dismissing Petitioner 's discharge tender to settle and close the mortgage liability at is…
22-705 George Matthew Culbertson, et ux. v. Wells Fargo USA Holdings, Inc., et al. Louisiana 2023-01-30 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy chapter-7 civil-procedure discharge foreclosure servicemembers-civil-relief-act statute-of-limitations tolling 1. Does 50 U.S.C.A. §3936 apply to toll a state statute of limitations on a state law foreclosure action where (a) a servicemember voluntarily filed a…
22-631 Highland Capital Management, L.P. v. NexPoint Advisors, L.P., et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-01-09 Denied CVSGResponse RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court chapter-11 circuit-split debt-discharge discharge reorganization-plan statutory-interpretation third-party-liability third-party-releases Section 524(e) of the Bankruptcy Code states that the "discharge of a debt of the debtor does not affect the liability of any other entity on, or the …
22-502 Spring Valley Produce, Inc., et al. v. Nathan Aaron Forrest, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge circuit-split civil-procedure debtor-liability discharge fiduciary-capacity fiduciary-duty paca perishable-agricultural-commodities-act statutory-trust May a debtor in bankruptcy discharge liability for unlawfully violating a nonsegregated statutory trust?
22-5852 Brent Evan Webster v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2022-10-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP adversary-proceeding adversary-proceedings bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-procedure claim-discharge discharge homestead-protection judicial-error priority-claims res-judicata trustee trustee-administration Did Portland US Bankruptcy Court error, primarily "Judge" Peter McKittrick when he dismissed the adversary filings of Webster, failing to sustain his …
21-1430 James K. Collins v. Michell R. Zolnier, dba CKC Properties, Top Star Leases Fifth Circuit 2022-05-10 Denied actual-fraud bankruptcy bankruptcy-code creditor creditor-rights debt-discharge discharge fraud fraudulent-transfer section-523 The "actual fraud" bar to discharge under Section 523(a)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code applies when transfers made by the debtor were deliberately made…
21-1154 Speech & Language Center, LLC, et al. v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey New Jersey 2022-02-22 Denied bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-discharge civil-settlement contract contract-enforcement contract-law debt-obligation discharge non-dischargeable-debt settlement-agreement Can parties to a civil settlement agree that the payments required under the agreement are not dischargeable in bankruptcy?
21-1033 Edward Mandel v. White Nile Software, Inc., et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-21 Denied appellate-procedure bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-law civil-procedure discharge due-process judicial-review non-dischargeable-claims settlement-agreement 1. Where the court of appeals did not allow evidence, witness and expert testimony at trial on the Settlement Agreement, should this Court summarily g…
21-908 Kate Marie Bartenwerfer v. Kieran Buckley Ninth Circuit 2021-12-21 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 11-usc-523 bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud circuit-split civil-liability discharge discharge-exception fraud imputation imputation-liability statutory-interpretation May an individual be subject to liability for the fraud of another that is barred from discharge in bankruptcy under 11 U.S.C. (the "Bankruptcy Code")…
21-599 Margaret L. Kinney v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. Tenth Circuit 2021-10-26 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) bankruptcy bankruptcy-court chapter-13 completion-discharge debtor-rights discharge modification motion-to-dismiss payment plan plan-modification Should certiorari be granted to resolve the conflict among the courts of appeals as to whether a bank-ruptcy court may deny a motion to dismiss and/or…
20-1829 Deafueh Monbo v. Eric Blair Fourth Circuit 2021-07-01 Denied bad-faith-filing bankruptcy bankruptcy-code chapter-7-bankruptcy copyright copyright-infringement discharge in-re-green-v-staples trademark trademark-infringement willful-and-malicious 1. Question: Whether the Bankruptcy Court erred when the Bankruptcy Court failed to recognize that Section 523(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code prohibits …
20-457 MarketGraphics Research Group, Inc. v. David Peter Berge Sixth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Amici (1) bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge circuit-split debtor-liability discharge intent-standard objective-certainty statutory-interpretation subjective-intent willful-and-malicious-injury willful-injury The Bankruptcy Code exempts from discharge "any debts * * * for willful and malicious injury by the debtor to another entity or to the property of ano…
19-8288 Mac Truong, et al. v. R. Kenneth Barnard, et al. Second Circuit 2020-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 341(a)-meeting asset-collection bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-procedure chapter-7 chapter-7-trustee creditor-meeting debtor-rights discharge discharge-denial trustee 1. May a Chapter 7 Trustee proceed to collect a Chapter 7 Debtor 's assets before the Debtor would have successfully attended at least one 11 USC 341…
19-1088 Gerson Irving Fox v. Elissa Miller, Chapter 7 Trustee Ninth Circuit 2020-03-05 Denied admissible-evidence bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-section-727(a)(3) civil-procedure competent-evidence debtor-discharge discharge evidentiary-standard judicial-discretion recordkeeping recordkeeping-requirements summary-judgment Upon proof of failure to keep adequate books and records, a debtor's discharge may be withheld under section 727(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code unless t…
19-628 Michael Cetta, Inc., dba Sparks Restaurant v. National Labor Relations Board District of Columbia 2019-11-15 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights discharge due-process employee-discharge employer-statements employment labor-dispute labor-relations mutual-understanding national-labor-relations-act permanent-employment prudent-employee prudent-employee-standard replacement-workers standing unconditional-offer-to-return 1. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding striking employees had been discharged in violation of the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA"), eve…
19-24 Jack Rose, et ux. v. David Reaves, Chapter 7 Trustee Ninth Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Response Waived or the broad definition of 'transfer' contained i -bankruptcy-code -circuit-split -discharge-objection -statutory-interpretation -transfer-definition #NAME? bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-section-727-a-2-a bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-transfer bankruptcy-trustee discharge in-re-adeeb section-101-54 section-101(54) section-727(a)(2)(a) transfer Whether courts considering an objection to discharge under Section 727(a)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code should apply the narrowly tailored definition o…
18-8994 Abie Wolf, aka Abraham C. Wolf v. Randolph Osherow, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal bankruptcy bankruptcy-appeal bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-rules bankruptcy-trustee court-jurisdiction creditors-meeting discharge discharge-appeal due-process legal-interpretation procedural-error transcript trustee trustee-objection Whether or not the Lower Court is talking about Petitioners Discharge and thats not what Petitioner appealed. Whether or not the United States Truste…
18-1130 David W. Charron v. Glenn S. Morris, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-523 bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-procedure contempt contempt-sanctions debt-discharge discharge discharge-of-debts due-process intent non-dischargeable non-dischargeable-debt non-dischargeable-debts statutory-interpretation Whether contempt sanctions are per se non-dischargeable debts under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(6)?
18-6074 Crystal Nicole Kuri v. Kansas Department of Labor, Employment Security Board of Review Kansas 2018-09-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights college discharge due-process employment suspension termination and never return to the line? 3. Did stute fail to present requested eridence of Andio hearing to Support Crystl N. kri chaim? 4. Did Crys Kenge n y…
18-271 Zachary N. Trost, et ux. v. Sherry Trost Sixth Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge burden-of-proof discharge intent intent-standard kawaauhau-v-geiger non-dischargeable-debt restatement-of-torts wrongful-act wrongful-conduct I. For a debt arising out of unlawful conduct to be considered non-dischargeable in bankruptcy pursuant to Kawaauhau v. Geiger, 523 U.S. 57 (1998), wh…