- 11 U.S.C.
Hutton v. Vasa (In re Vasa)
Mar
08
2016
Ruling
Debtor attorney's debt to law partner resulting from mismanagement of client trust account was nondischargeable.
Issue(s)
Whether creditor attorney sustained the burden of proof that certain obligations allegedly owed by the debtor law partner resulting from debtor's mismanagement of a client trust fund account are nondischargeable?
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- FRBP
In re Gianasmidis
Feb
11
2016
Ruling
Sanctions not warranted against debtor's former attorneys where contested motion to stay was not frivolous.
Issue(s)
Should debtor's former attorneys be sanctioned for pursuing an allegedly frivolous motion to stay creditor from proceeding against debtor in state court?
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In re Rielly
Feb
11
2016
Ruling
LLC attachment and levy on debtor's checking and brokerage accounts was not a willful stay violation.
Issue(s)
Did creditor willfully violate the automatic stay when it attached and levied on the debtor's checking and brokerage accounts pursuant to a state court trustee process order and refused to release the attachments on those accounts despite notice of the commencement of the bankruptcy case? Holdings
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- 11 U.S.C.
Lassman v. Short (In re Foley)
Jan
22
2016
Ruling
Mortgage creditor granted relief from stay over trustee's objection.
Issue(s)
Should creditors who granted debtors a mortgage to purchase their property be granted relief from the automatic stay?
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- 11 U.S.C.
Wiscovitch-Rentas v. Villa Blanca VB Plaza LLC (In re PMC Mktg. Corp.)
Jan
19
2016
Ruling
Bankruptcy court erred in finding that the ordinary course of business exception prevented avoidance of preferential transfer.
Issue(s)
Were debtor's transfers to commercial landlord within 90 days of the petition date properly held to be protected from avoidance as preferential by the ordinary course of business defense?
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- 11 U.S.C.
Nilsen v. Mass. Dept of Revenue (In re Nilsen)
Dec
14
2015
Ruling
Taxes for which debtor filed actual returns were not excepted from discharge.
Issue(s)
Were taxes for years in which debtor filed actual returns excepted from discharge?
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- FRBP
Butler v. Candlewood Rd. Partners LLC (In re Raymond)
Dec
09
2015
Ruling
Trustee could amend complaint in avoidance proceeding to add a fraudulent transfer claim.
Issue(s)
Could trustee amend complaint in avoidance proceeding to add recently discovered fraudulent transfers?
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- 11 U.S.C.
In re BB Island Capital LLC
Nov
05
2015
Ruling
Relief from stay granted where debtor did not establish that property against which creditor sought to proceed was essential to an effective reorganization.
Issue(s)
Should creditor be granted relief from the automatic stay to foreclose on four parcels of debtor's real property?
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- 11 U.S.C.
In re Corbett
Oct
26
2015
Ruling
Sales order could be modified to provide clarification.
Issue(s)
Should sale order be modified to hold that the sale of property would not be free and clear but subject to a right of first refusal in favor of lessee?
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- 11 U.S.C.
In re Morency
Sep
18
2015
Ruling
Creditor law firm's objection to individual creditors' judgment claim overruled.
Issue(s)
Was claim based on a state court judgment nondischargeable?
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