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152334P.pdf 08/10/2016 Kip M. Kaler v. Louie Slominski
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 15-2334
Appeal from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit
[PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Colloton, Circuit Judge, and Gritzner,
District Judge]
Civil case - Bankruptcy. The lessee did not raise his double-recovery
argument before the bankruptcy court, and while the Bankruptcy Appellate
Panel considered the claim, this court independently reviews the
bankruptcy court's decision and is not bound by the BAP's decision;
exceptional circumstances, such as would justify this court considering
the issue, do not exist, and the issue will not be considered; the
bankruptcy court did not err in denying the trustee's motion for new trial
based on newly-discovered evidence as the court did not clearly err in
concluding that the evidence did not undermine its conclusion that the
lessee was a good-faith purchaser entitled to an set-off under Section
550(e).