- 11 U.S.C.
Stillwater Liquidating LLC v. Gray (In re Gray)
Mar
15
2016
Ruling
Discharge denied due to failure to keep adequate records. (Bankr. N.D.N.Y.)
Issue(s)
Should debtors’ discharge be denied for failure to keep adequate records?
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- 11 U.S.C.
In re Highsmith
Dec
31
2015
Ruling
Garnishments by state and county agencies violated the automatic stay and were grounds for sanctions.
Issue(s)
Should state and county social service agencies be sanctioned for garnishments that violated that automatic stay?
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- 11 U.S.C.
Kaczkowski v. Dovan (In re Dovan)
Sep
29
2015
Ruling
Debt based on debtor's misrepresentations to creditor of co-ownership of partnership was nondischargeable.
Issue(s)
Was a prepetition judgment for fraud based upon a jury verdict nondischargeable?
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- 11 U.S.C.
In re Engels
Sep
03
2015
Ruling
Relief from stay to enforce postpetition asset purchase agreement denied.
Issue(s)
Whether a bankruptcy court ("BC") could compel a chapter 13 debtor to sell property of the estate in absence of a sale motion by debtor ("D") himself.
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In re Dilone
Jun
26
2015
Ruling
Creditor's late-filed proof of claim allowed as an amendment to timely proof of claim filed by debtor on creditor's behalf.
Issue(s)
Should creditor's late filed amendment of proof of claim timely filed on its behalf by debtor be disallowed?
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In re Lizzi
Apr
03
2015
Ruling
Deceased debtors were entitled to hardship discharges.
Issue(s)
Whether a deceased debtor may obtain a hardship discharge?
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- FRBP
In re Schmelcher
Feb
13
2015
Ruling
Debtor's attorney sanctioned for filing frivolous motion against county regarding use of bankruptcy disclaimer on notices.
Issue(s)
Should debtor's attorney be sanctioned for filing motion for violation of the discharge injunction against creditor county for issuing notice of tax sale without including a disclaimer specifying that the proceeding was in rem only and not against the debtor personally?
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Davis v. Voncannon (In re Voncannon)
Feb
05
2015
Ruling
Debtor not entitled to redetermination of dischargeability.
Issue(s)
Whether debtor remains liable on a consent judgment entered in debtor's previous bankruptcy and whether the judgment remains non-dischargeable for purposes of the current bankruptcy?
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Collins v. J&N Rest. Assocs Inc. (In re Mendolia)
Feb
03
2015
Ruling
Avoidance claims filed by trustee more than one year after confirmation were discharged by debtors' plan.
Issue(s)
Whether the trustee's remaining avoidance claims arising under chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code ("Chapter 5 Claims") were discharged by confirmation of the Franchise Defendants' ("FDs") plan of reorganization on March 11, 2013, more than one year prior to the Trustee's commencement of the instant adversary proceeding.
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- 28 U.S.C.
Harvey v. Dambowsky (In re Dambowsky)
Jan
06
2015
Ruling
Bankruptcy court had jurisdiction to liquidate creditors' claims in the context of a nondischargeability proceeding.
Issue(s)
Did the bankruptcy court had jurisdiction to liquidate creditors' claims in the context of a nondischargeability proceeding?
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