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Slobodian v. United States IRS (In re Net Pay Solutions Inc.)

Ruling
Payments to IRS by debtor payroll servicer of taxes withheld from wages of clients' employees were not avoidable preferential transfers.
Issue(s)
Were payments to the IRS of taxes withheld from wages of debtor payroll servicer's clients avoidable preferential transfers?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on May 10, 2016 , LexisNexis #0616-021

Official Comm. of Unsecured Creditors v. CIT Grp.Bus. Credit Inc. (In re Jevic Holding Corp.)

Ruling
Bankruptcy court was justified in authorizing structured settlement and dismissal of chapter 11 case that excluded employees with uncontested WARN Act claims.
Issue(s)
May a case arising under chapter 11 ever be resolved in a "structured dismissal" that deviates from the Bankruptcy Code's priority system?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on May 21, 2015 , LexisNexis #0615-083

In re Makowka

Ruling
Invalid statutory lien on debtor's residence should have been avoided.
Issue(s)
Could debtor avoid a portion of claims made by her homeowners association?

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Court :
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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on June 09, 2014 , LexisNexis #0714-010

In re Lazy Days RV Ctr. Inc.

Ruling
Bankruptcy court properly reopened case to resolve dispute over settlement it had previously confirmed.

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Court :
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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on July 30, 2013 , LexisNexis #0813-076

Brown v. JEVIC

Ruling
Improper joinder of debtor subsidiary in class action against parent in violation of stay could not prevent removal by parent to federal court.
Procedural posture

Appellant parent company sought review of a remand order from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, which remanded a class action removed by the parent company to that court. The suit was filed by appellees, employees of a subsidiary in bankruptcy, alleging violation of the Millvale Dallas Airmotive Plant Jobs Loss Notification Act (known as the New Jersey WARN Act), N.J. Stat. Ann. § 34:21-1 et seq.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on July 31, 2009 , LexisNexis #0909-039