Mid-City Bank v. Skyline Woods Homeowners Ass'n (In Re Skyline Woods Country Club, LLC)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
VENTERS, Bankruptcy Judge.
This is an appeal of the bankruptcy court’s order denying the Appellants’ motion to reopen the Debtor’s bankruptcy case. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the decision of the bankruptcy court. 1
I. STANDARD OF REVIEW
A bankruptcy court’s decision whether to reopen a bankruptcy case is reviewed for an abuse of discretion. 2 A court abuses its discretion “when its ruling is founded on an error of law or a misapplication of law to the facts.” 3 In its application, the abuse of discretion standard is nearly indistinguishable from the clearly erroneous standard. 4
II.…
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