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Team Sys. Int'l LLC, In re

Ruling
Judgment creditors' failure to elect a qualified trustee meant that the interim trusteeremained in place. (Bankr. D. Del.)
Issue(s)
Election of Trustee.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on July 15, 2022 , LexisNexis #0922-012

ETS of Wash., LLC, In re

Ruling
Motion to resolve disputed trustee election and find it proper denied where moving creditorswere ineligible to vote for a Chapter 7 trustee rendering election invalid. (Bankr. D.D.C.)
Issue(s)
Election of Trustee.

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Judge or Jurisdiction information not available
Commercial opinion summary, case decided on September 23, 2021 , LexisNexis #1121-039

Pinnacle Reg'l Hosp., In re

Ruling
Bank was not disqualified from voting in election of Chapter 7 trustee as its claims were notdisputed and did not have an interest materially adverse to the other unsecured creditors.(Bankr. D. Kan.)
Issue(s)
Election of Trustee; Who May Vote.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on December 01, 2020 , LexisNexis #0121-037

Concepts Am., Inc., In re

Ruling
Creditor waived secured status as it filed the involuntary petition without disclosing itssecurity and filed a proxy to vote in the trustee election reserved for unsecured creditors.(Bankr. N.D. Ill.)
Issue(s)
Election of Trustee; Who May Vote; Creditor With Claim Entitled to Distribution.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on October 22, 2020 , LexisNexis #1220-042

In re North Star Dev. & Constr. LLC

Ruling
Election did not elect a permanent chapter 7 trustee where neither voting creditor was eligible to vote.
Issue(s)
Should disputed election of chapter 7 trustee be approved?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on July 05, 2016 , LexisNexis #0816-017

In re Barkany

Ruling
Creditors group's fraudulent transfer claims did not create interest adverse to other creditors and the group was eligible to vote for the chapter 7 trustee.
Issue(s)
Whether creditor held an interest materially adverse to other creditors of the bankruptcy estate and was therefore ineligible to request for and vote at the election of the permanent chapter 7 trustee?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on December 29, 2015 , LexisNexis #0116-099

In re Barkany

Ruling
Attorney whose firm represented the president of a company to which debtor loaned money was a disinterested party and could serve as chapter 7 trustee.
Issue(s)
Whether a permanent trustee elected under 11 U.S.C.S. § 702 had to be a disinterested person and, if so, whether the election candidate for permanent trustee in the instant case was disinterested and was free of any disabling conflict of interest.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on December 29, 2015 , LexisNexis #0116-127

A & E 128 North Corp. v. DeGiacomo

Ruling
Bankruptcy court did not err in holding creditors ineligible to vote for chapter 7 trustee.
Issue(s)
Did bankruptcy court err in ruling that two creditors were not eligible to vote for the election of the chapter 7 trustee?

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Court :
Judge or Jurisdiction information not available
Consumer opinion summary, case decided on April 02, 2015 , LexisNexis #0415-130

Fogel v. Shabat (In re Draiman)

Ruling
Appointment of interim trustee by default did not extend statute of limitations for avoidance proceedings.
Procedural posture

In a consolidated case, appellants, defendants in adversary actions, sought judicial review of the ruling by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, that the appointment of an interim trustee extended the statute of limitations for avoidance actions in bankruptcy.

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Court :
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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on April 08, 2013 , LexisNexis #0513-020

In re Jenkins

Ruling
Debtor's failure of means test did not require dismissal.
Procedural posture

This matter came on for hearing on a creditor's Motion to Dismiss Debtor's Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Petition. The trustee in the case filed an objection to the Motion. Another creditor also filed an objection to the Motion. The U.S. Bankruptcy Administrator also filed an objection to the Motion. The moving creditor filed a reply to the Trustee's objection.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on July 02, 2012 , LexisNexis #0712-128