Ninth Circuit B.A.P. Classifies a Loan for Living Expenses as a Business Debt
Personal loan with a profit objective becomes a business debt.
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Ninth Circuit to Rehear Case Denigrating the Status of Bankruptcy Appellate Panels
Ninth Circuit will decide en banc whether BAPs were “established” by Congress.
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J. Clifford Wallace, Jay S. Bybee
Circuit Split Widens on Test for Nondischargeability from Late-Filed Tax Returns
Ninth Circuit avoids the one-day-late rule for nondischargeability of tax debts.
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Morgan Christen
Chapter 7 Debtors’ Access to Counsel Threatened by B.A.P. Opinion
Ninth Circuit B.A.P. highlights discrimination against chapter 7 debtors.
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Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
Marijuana Advisors Are Not Precluded from All Relief in Bankruptcy Courts
Ninth Circuit B.A.P. shows sympathy for legal marijuana businesses.
California’s Fee-Shifting Statute Still Does Not Apply to Lift-Stay Motions
District Court says Supreme Court did not impliedly overrule Ninth Circuit’s Johnson decision.
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Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.
Circuit Rules Against Equitable Tolling for Objections to Discharge
Section 727(a)(2) is not a statute of limitations, Ninth Circuit holds.
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Sandra S. Ikuta
Final Order of Dismissal Makes Other Appeals Constitutionally Moot
Ninth Circuit adopts Eighth Circuit test for constitutional mootness.
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Milan D. Smith Jr.
Volunteers Needed for Amicus Briefs in Ninth Circuit Rehearing on Power of BAPs
Ninth Circuit needs guidance from scholars on the status of bankruptcy appellate panels.
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Jay S. Bybee
Arbitration Properly Denied in Trustee’s Fraudulent Transfer Suit, Circuit Says
Denial of arbitration is not a ‘final order’ requiring district court action.
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Barry G. Silverman