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In re Reid

Ruling
Creditor tenant's judgment against debtor landlord for failure to release personal property was nondischargeable.
Issue(s)
Was judgment against debtor landlord for refusing to return creditor tenant's personal property nondischargeable?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on February 11, 2016 , LexisNexis #0316-020

Cables Enter. LLC v. Dunn (In re Cables Enter. LLC)

Ruling
Creditor's security interest in debtor's excavator could not be avoided but could be reduced by damages sustained while the excavator was in creditor's possession.
Issue(s)
Could creditor's security interest in debtor's excavator be avoided and was creditor's claim subject to offset by debtor's claim for damages?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on December 21, 2015 , LexisNexis #0116-058

In re Varner

Ruling
Plan could not propose to lower interest rate on loan secured by mortgage on debtor's primary residence.
Issue(s)
Could a chapter 13 plan that proposed to reduce the interest rate on a mortgage secured by

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on May 01, 2015 , LexisNexis #0615-030

In re Scipio

Ruling
Serial filer not entitled to imposition of stay due to failure to rebut presumption of bad faith.
Issue(s)
Was debtor entitled to the imposition of the automatic stay in his third case filed within one year?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 02, 2015 , LexisNexis #0415-006

In re Page

Ruling
Chapter 13 case dismissed for bad faith due to debtor's failure to pay two state court judgments owed to former spouse.
Issue(s)
Whether the debtors filed their petition in good faith?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on October 07, 2014 , LexisNexis #1014-137

Robinson v. Worley (In re Worley)

Ruling
Discharge denied based on false oaths with respect to debtor's interest in a REIT.
Issue(s)
Should debtor's discharge be denied due to intentionally undervaluation of his interest in a REIT, failure to explain deficiency of assets, failure to identify the source of exempt funds in two Roth IRA accounts, omission of ownership interest in the REIT from the original petition schedules, with intent to conceal property from the trustee and creditors?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 18, 2014 , LexisNexis #1014-058

In re Casey

Ruling
Debtor could not cram down mortgage on property owned in tenancy by the entirety with non-debtor.
Issue(s)
Could debtor's plan include "cram down" of mortgage on rental property owned in tenancy by the entirety with non-debtor spouse?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on February 19, 2014 , LexisNexis #0314-066

In re Mitchell

Ruling
Trustee's motion for sale of debtor's property free and clear that was filed two years after petition date denied as untimely.
Issue(s)
Was trustee's motion for sale of debtor's real property filed two years after petition date untimely.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 27, 2014 , LexisNexis #0214-076

In re Nance

Ruling
Debtor in required to pay 90 percent of the NADA retail value as of the petition date in order to redeem vehicle without reduction for preconversion plan payments.
Procedural posture

The chapter 7 debtors filed a motion to redeem a vehicle pursuant to 11 U.S.C.S. § 722 for $0.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on June 12, 2013 , LexisNexis #0713-025

In re Assasepa

Ruling
Disqualification of judge denied absent evidence of alleged financial interest in bank that allegedly violated stay.
Procedural posture

A debtor filed a motion pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 5004 to recuse or disqualify a judge from further involvement in the debtor's bankruptcy and adversary proceedings.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on May 17, 2013 , LexisNexis #0613-070