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Baxter v. Summerfield Inv. Grp. LLC (In re Baxter)

Ruling
Landlord's action to collect unpaid rent violated the discharge injunciton and entitled debtor to actual and punitive damages.
Issue(s)
Did landlord's action to collect unpaid rent from debtor violate the discharge injunction?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on October 15, 2015 , LexisNexis #1115-055

Schlossberg v. Bell Builders Remodeling Inc. (In re Bell Builders Inc.)

Ruling
Order for abstention vacated on reconsideration and ten counts of adversary proceeding dismissed.
Issue(s)
Should the bankruptcy court grant the trustee's motion for reconsideration and vacate its order of abstention from ten counts of an adversary proceeding?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on October 01, 2015 , LexisNexis #1215-030

Ojiegbe v. Walter (In re Ojiegbe)

Ruling
Divorce attorney for debtor's spouse sanctioned for violating the automatic stay by garnishing debtor's personal accounts to collect fee award.
Issue(s)
Should debtor's spouse's divorce attorney be sanctioned for garnishing debtor's personal accounts to collect fee award in violation of the automatic stay?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 29, 2015 , LexisNexis #1015-075

In re Brandon

Ruling
Chapter 13 trustee should pay administrative expenses, including attorneys' fees, from funds on hand upon dismissal or conversion.
Issue(s)
What is the effect of the Supreme Court's recent decision in Harris v. Viegelahn on motions by debtor's counsel for allowance and payment by a chapter 13 trustee of attorney's fees in a case that was either dismissed or converted to a chapter 7 case before confirmation of a chapter 13 plan.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 10, 2015 , LexisNexis #1015-027

In re Dreamplay Inc.

Ruling
Administrative expense status not warranted for claim where creditor's contributions to estate were not substantial, not unique and did not enhance value.
Issue(s)
Was creditor's claim entitled to administrative expense status due to alleged substantial contribution to the case?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on July 24, 2015 , LexisNexis #0815-078

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

In re Price

Ruling
Case dismissed for bad faith due to filing of inaccurate schedules and omission of significant source of income.
Issue(s)
Should chapter 7 case be dismissed for bad faith?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 30, 2015 , LexisNexis #0415-099

In re Ronald Cohen Mgmt. Co.

Ruling
Chapter 11 case ordered dismissed as filed with subjective bad faith.
Issue(s)
Should bare bones chapter 11 case be dismissed for bad faith?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on February 05, 2015 , LexisNexis #0315-028

Desert Palace Inc. v. Rich (In re Rich)

Ruling
Signing false markers in order to gamble at creditor casinos was not grounds for nondischargeable debt.
Issue(s)
Was debtor's execution of false maker grounds for nondischargeability of gambling debt owed to casinos?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on November 25, 2014 , LexisNexis #1214-123

In re MWM & Sons Inc.

Ruling
Objection to proof of claim based on state court judgment overruled pursuant to the Rooker- Feldman doctrine.
Issue(s)
Should debtor's objection to proof of claim on grounds that amount of underlying judgment was overstated be sustained?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on November 18, 2014 , LexisNexis #1214-079