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146018P.pdf   10/23/2014  Thomas D. Stalnaker  v.  George Allison
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-6018
                          and No:  14-6019
                          and No:  14-6020
                          and No:  14-6025
   U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha   
[PUBLISHED] [Nail, Author, with Kressel and Schermer, Bankruptcy Judges] Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. Bankruptcy court did not exceed the scope of the Panel's mandate or the law-of-the-case doctrine in reexamining whether funds transferred to a debtor's vendor were property of the estate; however, the bankruptcy court did not comply with Rule 63 and Rule 9028 because the judge who took the case over from a retired judge did not certify familiarity with the record and determine the case could be completed without prejudice to the parties before entering its judgment; without the requisite certification, there is no suggestion the parties had any reason to believe that a decision was imminent and that the time within which they might exercise their rights under the rules to ask the court to recall witnesses whose testimony was material and disputed was passing; remanded for further proceedings.