Myers v. TooJays Mgmt. Corp.

May

2011

Ruling

District court properly granted summary judgment in favor of private employer on claim of discrimination due to bankruptcy.

Procedural posture

Appellant prospective employee sought review of a decision of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, which granted summary judgment in favor of appellee prospective employer on the employee's 11 U.S.C.S. § 525(b) claim of discrimination due to his bankruptcy, and which upheld a jury verdict and denied the employee's renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) and for a new trial on his wrongful termination claim.

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Court :

Judge or Jurisdiction information not available

Consumer opinion summary, case decided on May 17, 2011 , LexisNexis #0611-054

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11 U.S.C.
- § 1307
- § 1307(c)

Simmons v. Townson

Feb

2007

Ruling

Reconversion to chapter 7 was proper when debtor failed to file timely plan or make payments.

Procedural posture

Appellee chapter 13 trustee filed a motion in the bankruptcy court seeking to reconvert appellant chapter 13 debtor's case back to a chapter 7 case pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1307(c). The debtor filed a pro se appeal after the bankruptcy court granted the trustee's motion and ordered that his case should proceed as a chapter 7 case.

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Court :

Northern District of Georgia ( Judge Carnes ) [ District Court ]

opinion summary, case decided on February 28, 2007 , LexisNexis #0407-030

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11 U.S.C.
- § 541
- § 541(a)

Bracewell v. Kelley (In re Bracewell)

Jun

2006

Ruling

Court affirmed order finding that crop disaster payment was not estate property.

Procedural posture

Appellant, a chapter 7 trustee, sought review of an order of the District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, which reversed a bankruptcy court's decision in part and found that a crop disaster payment received by appellee debtor was not property of the bankruptcy estate under 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1) or (a)(6). The bankruptcy court had found that the payment was property of the estate under section 541(a)(1).

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opinion summary, case decided on June 30, 2006 , LexisNexis #0706-092

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