Legal Opinion
Kismet Acquisition, LLC v. Icenhower (In Re Icenhower)
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 3, 2014No. 10-55933PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FARRIS, Circuit Judge:
Alejandro Diaz-Barba and Martha Bar-ba de la Torre (collectively, the “Diaz Defendants”) challenge the bankruptcy court’s and district court’s orders invalidating the transfer to them of a Mexican coastal villa owned by Jerry and Donna Icenhower and requiring them to convey the property to Kismet Acquisition, LLC for the benefit of Debtors’ bankruptcy estate. According to the Diaz Defendants, the bankruptcy court erred by: (1) exercising jurisdiction over Mexican land, contrary to the local action doctrine; (2) applying U.S. law extraterritorially; (3) declining…
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