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In re Childs

Ruling
Small business election revoked as erroneously granted.
Procedural posture

Debtors filed a petition under chapter 11, one day before they filed a chapter 11 petition on behalf of an LLC they owned, and the court consolidated both cases. The debtors submitted a disclosure statement which described their plan of reorganization, and the United States Trustee (UST) objected to approval of the debtors' disclosure statement and a credit union filed an objection to confirmation of the debtors' plan.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on December 13, 2010 , LexisNexis #0111-063

In re Woolsey

Ruling
Confirmation denied due to failure to provide for retention of lien securing allowed secured claim until payment in full or discharge.
Procedural posture

The matter before the court was the confirmation of debtors' chapter 13 Amended Plan (Plan). The trustee objected.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on October 08, 2010 , LexisNexis #1110-102

In re Cranmer

Ruling
Social Security income was required to be included in projected disposable income calculation.
Procedural posture

The chapter 13 trustee objected to confirmation of the debtor's plan on the grounds that the debtor could not exclude Social Security Income (SSI) from his projected disposable income (PDI) analysis.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on June 28, 2010 , LexisNexis #0910-135

Elggren v. Wheeler (In re Wheeler)

Ruling
Note was dischargeable where debtor had no communication with creditor that could give rise to misrepresentation or fraud.
Procedural posture

Plaintiff creditor brought this adversary action against defendant debtor alleging that a $140,000 note was nondischargeable within the meaning of 11 U.S.C.S. §§ 523(a)(2) and (4).

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 14, 2010 , LexisNexis #0310-005

United States Trustee v. Garland (In re Garland)

Ruling
Discharge properly denied due to debtor's failure to disclose interest in real property and ownership or control of business assets and accounts.
Procedural posture

Appellee United States Trustee brought an adversary proceeding against appellant bankruptcy debtor seeking a denial of the debtor's discharge under 11 U.S.C.S. § 727(a)(4)(A) based on material misstatements and omissions in the debtor's filings. The debtor appealed the order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma which denied the debtor's discharge.

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Court :
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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 18, 2009 , LexisNexis #1009-069

Rupp v. Ayres (In re Fabbro)

Ruling
Transfers to real estate agents who misrepresented nature of services to debtor were fraudulent.
Procedural posture

A debtor filed a petition under chapter 7. Plaintiff chapter 7 trustee filed causes of action against defendants, a real estate agent, his associate, a real estate company, a transferee, and other defendants, for common law fraud, fraudulent transfer under 11 U.S.C.S. § 548, fraudulent transfer under Utah Code Ann. § 25-6-6 of the Utah Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (UFTA), negligence, civil conspiracy, breach of contract, and punitive damages.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on July 29, 2009 , LexisNexis #0909-052

Bryan v. Clark (In re Bryan)

Ruling
Debtor could require creditor to apply proceeds of settlement with non-debtor third parties to satisfy related claim against debtor.
Procedural posture

Appellant debtor sought review of a decision of the bankruptcy court for the District of Colorado, which denied his objection to appellee creditors' claim. The creditors, a company and a related individual, had two judgment liens, which arose out a state court lawsuit filed against the debtor and his wholly-owned corporation.

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Court :
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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on June 15, 2009 , LexisNexis #0709-100

In re 3H River Turf Farm LLC

Ruling
Relief from stay granted based on lack of equity in property after consideration of all liens and encumbrances.
Procedural posture

Before the court was a motion by secured creditors for relief from the automatic stay pursuant to 11 U.S.C.S. § 362(d)(2).

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on June 05, 2009 , LexisNexis #0809-004

Miller v. Christensen (In re Christensen)

Ruling
Trustee's claim for revocation of discharge was time barred regardless of whether case was properly closed.
Procedural posture

Trustee brought an adversary proceeding against debtors seeking revocation of their discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C.S. § 727(d)(2). The debtors moved to dismiss the adversary proceeding on the grounds that it was barred by the time limits expressed in 11 U.S.C.S. § 727(e)(2).

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 30, 2009 , LexisNexis #0709-065

In re Garner

Ruling
Absence of objection from creditor was not grounds to allow bifurcation of claim secured by "910 vehicle."
Procedural posture

The chapter 13 debtors requested confirmation of their amended plan. The chapter 13 trustee filed an objection to confirmation on the ground that its proposed treatment of the secured claim of an auto financing creditor violated 11 U.S.C.S. § 1325(a) (hanging paragraph referencing paragraph 5).

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 06, 2009 , LexisNexis #0409-130