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Bromberger v. Peburn (In re Peburn)

Ruling
Discharge denied due to debtor's concealment and failure to produce records.
Issue(s)
Should debtor's discharge be denied due to concealment and failure to produce records?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on October 26, 2015 , LexisNexis #1115-096

Hamrah v. Couloute (In re Couloute)

Ruling
Judgment debt and related sanctions were dischargeable absent evidence of intent to deceive or cause willful and malicious injury.
Issue(s)
Was debt nondischargeable due to fraudulent inducement?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 31, 2015 , LexisNexis #0415-083

Sawyer v. Sawyer (In re Sawyer)

Ruling
Hold harmless obligation to former spouse with regard to promissory note was nondischargeable.
Issue(s)
Whether a debt to debtor's mother-in-law discharged in the bankruptcy has effectively become, by operation of the terms of a separation agreement in a divorce action, a debt of the debtor incurred to former spouse that is nondischargeable pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Section 523(a)(15)?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 30, 2015 , LexisNexis #0415-091

Matson v. Jackson (In re Jackson)

Ruling
State court judgment that did not include findings of facts or law did not have collateral estoppel effect in nondischargeability proceeding.
Issue(s)
Did state court judgment have collateral estoppels effect on the issue of nondischargeability of a debt allegedly incurred due to fraud?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 05, 2015 , LexisNexis #0615-052

McLaughlin v. CitiMortgage Inc. (In re McLaughlin)

Ruling
Debtor's adversary proceeding dismissed as an abuse of process.
Issue(s)
Should debtor's adversary proceeding alleging violation of stay be dismissed given terms of order for relief from stay issued in debtor's prior bankruptcy case?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 15, 2015 , LexisNexis #0215-037

Jacobsen v. A1Z7 LLC (In re Jacobsen)

Ruling
Involuntary tax sale of debtor's real property was not an avoidable fraudulent conveyance.
Issue(s)
Was tax sale of debtor's property an avoidable fraudulent conveyance?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on November 25, 2014 , LexisNexis #1214-128

In re Speer

Ruling
Dismissal of properly filed, good faith, involuntary petition denied.
Issue(s)
Should involuntary petition be dismissed or suspended as filed in bad faith?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on November 11, 2014 , LexisNexis #1214-036

Mangan v. Clark Farms Inc. (In re Quality Sales LLC)

Ruling
Trustee could avoid transfer not covered by subsequent new value defense.
Issue(s)
Whether the trustee is entitled to a summary judgment avoiding and recovering monetary transfers made by the debtor within the 90 days immediately preceding the filing of the Debtor's bankruptcy petition as preferential?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on November 11, 2014 , LexisNexis #1214-058

In re Espanol

Ruling
Confirmation denied due to proposed modification of rights of holder of claim secured by mortgage on debtor's primary residence denied.
Issue(s)
Whether a "due on sale clause" in a mortgage covering the debtors' principal residence triggered by a pre-petition default can be modified in debtor's chapter 13 Plan?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on April 22, 2014 , LexisNexis #0514-064

Hyundai-Wai Machine Am. Corp. v. Rouette (In re Rouette)

Ruling
Nondischargeability proceeding dismissed as to breach of fiduciary duty where debtors owed no duty to creditor as owners, officers and directors of corporation.
Issue(s)
Did debtors, sole shareholders, directors and officers of a corporation, breach a fiduciary duty to creditors that would make debt owed by the corporation nondischargeable if the corporate veil were pierced.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on October 22, 2013 , LexisNexis #1113-047