(United States Ninth Circuit) – 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 solely as a receiver, the FDIC was a United States agency under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(1)(B)(ii).
Dunn v. Art & Artists, LLC et al
Double Eagle Energy Services v. MarkWest Utica EMG
(United States Fifth Circuit) – Vacated and remanded. Subject matter jurisdiction is determined when the federal court’s jurisdiction is first invoked, so although subsequent changes eliminated the basis for jurisdiction the propriety at the time of filing supported the continuation of the case.
Rohe v. Wells Fargo Bank, NA
Diaz v. Osborne et al
Selective Advisor Group, LLC v. NLG, LLC.
Sterling v. Southlake Nautilus Health
(United States Seventh Circuit) – 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 collect on its debt, but one company who was notified and proceeded in state court could be held liable for actions taken by counsel on its behalf.
900 Retail 101, LLC v. Office of the US Trustee
Piper Aircraft, Inc. v. Piper Aircraft Corporation et al
Port of Corpus Christi Auth. v. Sherwin Alumina Company
(United States Fifth Circuit) – Affirmed. The bankruptcy court’s rejection of a Texas Port Authority’s claims of sovereign immunity and fraud in their gambit to invalidate a bankruptcy sale that extinguished an easement they held was affirmed because there was no Eleventh Amendment violation or basis to claim fraud.