Baxter v. Summerfield Inv. Grp. LLC (In re Baxter)
Oct
15
2015
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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Court
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- 28 U.S.C.
Schlossberg v. Bell Builders Remodeling Inc. (In re Bell Builders Inc.)
Oct
01
2015
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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Court
:
- 11 U.S.C.
Ojiegbe v. Walter (In re Ojiegbe)
Sep
29
2015
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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Court
:
- 11 U.S.C.
In re Brandon
Sep
10
2015
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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Court
:
- 11 U.S.C.
In re Dreamplay Inc.
Jul
24
2015
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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Court
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- 11 U.S.C.
Bird v. Driscoll (In re Bird)
Apr
15
2015
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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Court
:
- 11 U.S.C.
In re Price
Mar
30
2015
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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In re Ronald Cohen Mgmt. Co.
Feb
05
2015
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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Court
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- 11 U.S.C.
Desert Palace Inc. v. Rich (In re Rich)
Nov
25
2014
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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Court
:
- 11 U.S.C.
In re MWM & Sons Inc.
Nov
18
2014
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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