Cases

KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, United States District Judge Between July of 2013 and June of 2014, Plaintiff MuckRock LLC submitted a series of document requests to the Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA" or "Defendant") under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552, seeking a variety of records related primar

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION Pat E. Morgenstern-Clarren, United States Bankruptcy Judge The plaintiff National Credit Union Administration Board is the liquidating agent for the failed St. Paul Croatian Federal Credit Union. The Board filed this complaint seeking a determination under Bankruptcy Code §§ 523(a)(2)(A) and (a)(2)(B) that a debt owed to St. Paul by the defendant-debtor Vlado Zovkic is not dischargeable

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON THE PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Melvin S. Hoffman, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge In this adversary proceeding, the plaintiff, Vera Lee, a creditor of the defendant, Jane Daniel, the debtor in the main case, has moved for summary judgment on all counts of her four-count complaint. Ms. Lee seeks a judgment that the debt owed to her by Ms. Daniel be excepted from discharge under

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION Frank J. Bailey, United States Bankruptcy Judge By their complaint in this adversary proceeding, the three plaintiffs, all siblings of the chapter 7 debtor, seek a determination that the claims they assert against him are excepted from discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A), (a)(4), and (a)(6). Their underlying claims, which remain unadjudicated, are for breaches of the defendant’

Michael E. Romero, Chief Judge THIS MATTER comes before the Court upon the Motion to Dismiss or Abstain1 filed by Secured Creditor Corey Inniss ("Inniss "); the Objection to the Motion to Dismiss2 filed by Debtors Way to Grow, Inc., Pure Agrobusiness, Inc. and Green Door Agro, Inc. ("Debtors "); Inniss's Reply in support of the Motion to Dism

NANOVIC, PJ, Before us is plaintiff’s post-trial motion following a jury verdict in favor of defendant. In his motion, plaintiff claims we erred in what we instructed the jury (i.e., the standard of care applicable to children) and in what we failed to *479instruct (i.e., spoliation), and further erred in excluding expert testimony which plaintiff sought to prese

*138 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING THE SECOND MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF PLAINTIFF-PARADIGM ON DEFENDANT’S FRAUDULENT TRANSFER COUNTERCLAIM STACEY G.C. JERNIGAN, Bankruptcy Judge. I. INTRODUCTION The above-referenced adversary proceeding (the “Adversary Proceeding”) has arisen in the much-followed Chapter 11 b

PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AFTER TRIAL (AS AMENDED)1 ROBERT E. GERBER, Bankruptcy Judge. Introduction. .753 Background. 756 H The Revolver . 756 03 The Trade Insurance. 757 00 The American Tissue Extensions of Credit. 757 ^ (a) Overview . 757 (b) Particular Transactions

Beth E. Hanan, United States Bankruptcy Judge The debtor seeks to have his student loans, consolidated in 2001, discharged because he asserts that continued repayment would constitute an undue hardship. After obtaining a bachelor's and Master's degree, being employed and then self-employed for 19 years, the debtor ended his new job search in early 2016 after six weeks to stay home to care for his ailing parent, and then for his yo

OPINION & ORDER KATHERINE B. FORREST, District Judge: In November 2014, this Court approved a settlement resolving two lawsuits in which Tronox, Incorporated and affiliated entities (collectively, “Tronox”) — all of which had filed chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”) — and the United States governmen

Rails to trails case; class action; settlement; fairness of settlement; reasonable attorneys’ fees to class counsel; application of RCFC 23(h); lodestar cross-check OPINION AND ORDER LETTOW, Judge. This rails-to-trails class action comes before the court on plaintiffs’ Motion for Approval of Settlement and Motion for Court Approval

OPINION AND ORDER JOHN G. KOELTL, District Judge: This case concerns the well-known, small plastic clips commonly used to close bags of items such as bread and fruit. The defendant, Kwik Lok Corporation (“Kwik Lok”), has been manufacturing and distributing these bag closures within the United States for many years, competing with other popular forms of bag closures such as twist ties. Countercl

235 B.R. 216 (1999) In re AMERICAN CHEMICAL WORKS COMPANY, d/b/a Baylis-American, Debtor. American Chemical Works Company, d/b/a Baylis-American, Plaintiff, v. International Nickel, Inc., Debtor. Bankruptcy No. 94-11199. Adversary No. 94-1177. United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Rhode Island. June 1, 1999. *217

In the United States Court of Federal Claims No. 20-636 (Filed: 22 September 2020*) *************************************** ACE-FEDERAL REPORTERS, INC., * * Plaintiff, * * v. * Bid protest; International Trade Commi

OPINION SUE WALKER, JUSTICE I. INTRODUCTION Appellee and Cross-Appellant American Hat Company (AHC) sued Appellant and Cross-Appellee Wise Electric Cooperative, Inc., for negligence following a catastrophic grass fire that consumed roughly. 1,200 acres and was caused by an overhead service wire becoming disconnected at a Wise Ele

MEMORANDUM OPINION Granting Plaintiffs’ Motion to Substitute and Join Successor in Interest; Denying Plaintiffs’ Motion to Amend the Judgment; Denying Defendant’s Motion for New Trial; Denying Defendant’s Motion to Amend Findings and to Amend the Judgment; Granting Plaintiffs’ Opposition and Objections to Defendant’s Bill of Costs, Construed as a Motion; Granting in Part and Denying in Part

SCIRICA, Circuit Judge, dissenting. At issue is not whether some or all deportation hearings of special interest aliens should be closed, but who makes that determination. The answer depends on how we interpret the First Amendment of the Constitution. The Constitution is silent on the right to public access. But the Supreme Court has framed a qualified right of access that may be overcome b

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER SHON HASTINGS, JUDGE, UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT Plaintiff Horizon Financial Bank filed a Complaint seeking denial of Debtor/Defendant Dean J. Borstad’s bankruptcy discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(2), (a)(3) and (a)(4). Specifically, Horizon alleges Debtor fraudulently transferred property within one year of his bankruptcy, failed to keep or preserve records from which his finan

ACCEPTED 05-15-01292-CV 05-15-01292-CV FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS DALLAS, TEXAS

ACCEPTED 01-14-00880-cv FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 9/25/2015 3:28:27 PM