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Pelgrim, In re

Ruling
Debtor's filing was stricken as it did not request any relief cognizable under the BankruptcyCode and appeared to be extraneous and irrelevant to the case. (Bankr. D. Md.)
Issue(s)
Bankruptcy Cases and Proceedings.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 28, 2024 , LexisNexis #0524-073

Goden, In re

Ruling
Dismissal of bankruptcy case was warranted in the best interests of the creditors, the debtor,and the estate. (Bankr. D. Md.)
Issue(s)
Effect of Discharge; Liability of Other Entities Not Affected.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on November 12, 2021 , LexisNexis #0122-044

Cockey, In re--Popescu v. Cockey

Ruling
Creditors failed to establish nondischargeability as they did not show that the representationsmade by the debtor were false and were made with fraudulent intent. (Bankr. D. Md.)
Issue(s)
Exceptions to Discharge; Types of Debt Excepted.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 30, 2020 , LexisNexis #1120-057

Morris, In re

Ruling
Credit union did not violate the discharge injunction by filing a collection suit as it did nothave notice of debtor's bankruptcy case or discharge. (Bankr. D. Md.)
Issue(s)
Effect of Discharge.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on February 19, 2020 , LexisNexis #0420-016

NextGear Capital, Inc. v. Nozary (In re Nozary)

Ruling
Debtor's personal indebtedness to the financer, who had a fiduciary relationship with thedealer, was deemed not nondischargeable as there was no evidence that the financer wasactually responsible for the fraud perpetrated by the dealer. (Bankr. D. Md.)
Issue(s)
Exceptions to Discharge; Types of Debt Excepted; Fiduciary Fraud, Embezzlement, or Larceny.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 29, 2017 , LexisNexis #1117-013

Bird v. Driscoll (In re Bird)

Ruling
Debtor's proceeding challenging secured lenders' right to execute on security interests and for an accounting dismissed.
Issue(s)
Did secured creditors have the right to execute on security interests and should the trustee commence an accounting?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on April 15, 2015 , LexisNexis #1115-092

Wells Fargo Bank v. McIver (In re McIver)

Ruling
Agreed order and stipulation modifying stay and striking order terminating stay granted.
Procedural posture

Movant in the matter was a bank, as trustee for a home loan trust. Respondent was debtor. Before the court was an agreed order and stipulation modifying automatic stay and striking order terminating automatic stay.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on December 27, 2012 , LexisNexis #0113-076

Cho v. Park (In re Park)

Ruling
Discharge denied based on false statements but not failure to keep records.
Procedural posture

Plaintiff judgment creditors brought an adversary proceeding against defendant bankruptcy debtor seeking denial of the debtor's discharge under 11 U.S.C.S. § 727(a) based on the debtor's failure to maintain adequate records, false statements and omissions in the debtor's schedules, and failure to account for the proceeds of a real estate sale.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 24, 2012 , LexisNexis #1012-135

Donahoo v. Simone (In re Simone)

Ruling
Debt was nondischargeable where debtors had created false emergency to induce creditors to lend funds.
Procedural posture

Plaintiff creditor sued defendant debtors, a married couple, for a determination that a debt owed by them on account of a $50,000 loan she made to them was nondischargeable per 11 U.S.C.S. § 523(a)(2)(A). Debtors, while admitting that they received that amount, claimed that it was an investment in a real estate transaction to which they were parties and denied having any obligation to repay it.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 22, 2012 , LexisNexis #0412-116

RL BB Fin. LLC v. 207 Redwood St. LLC (In re 207 Redwood St. LLC)

Ruling
Relief from stay denied where debtor had funds to complete hotel project, had some equity in the property and reorganization was likely.
Procedural posture

Creditor lienholder brought a motion for relief from the automatic stay pursuant to 11 U.S.C.S. § 362(d), against respondent debtor, the owner of a parcel of real property containing a partly-constructed hotel. Creditor sought to avail itself of its state court rights to foreclose on its indebtedness and lien.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on August 26, 2011 , LexisNexis #0911-111