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In re Dean

Ruling
Judicial lien avoided as fully impairing debtor’s homestead exemption.
Issue(s)
Whether creditor’s judgment lien should be avoided as impairing debtor’s homestead exemption?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on July 07, 2016 , LexisNexis #0816-009

Nightingale v. N.C. State Educ. Assistance Auth. (In re Nightingale)

Ruling
Disabled debtor whose condition was unlikely to change granted undue hardship discharge of student loan debt.
Issue(s)
Was disabled debtor entitled to an undue hardship discharge of student loan debt?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on April 14, 2016 , LexisNexis #0516-052

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

In re Highsmith

Ruling
Garnishments by state and county agencies violated the automatic stay and were grounds for sanctions.
Issue(s)
Should state and county social service agencies be sanctioned for garnishments that violated that automatic stay?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on December 31, 2015 , LexisNexis #0116-110

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

Miller v. Jeffries (In re Jeffries)

Ruling
Discharge denied due to debtor's transfer of property to brother fifteen days before petition date and failure to properly disclose the transfer.
Issue(s)
Should debtor's discharge be denied due to knowing and fraudulent false oaths and fraudulent transfers?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on November 19, 2015 , LexisNexis #1215-063

Kaczkowski v. Dovan (In re Dovan)

Ruling
Debt based on debtor's misrepresentations to creditor of co-ownership of partnership was nondischargeable.
Issue(s)
Was a prepetition judgment for fraud based upon a jury verdict nondischargeable?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 29, 2015 , LexisNexis #1015-082

Bennett v. United Sates Dept. of Educ.

Ruling
Proceeding for discharge of student loan debt dismissed as to loan servicer.
Issue(s)
Should debtor's proceeding for discharge of student loan debt be dismissed as to the loan servicer?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 22, 2015 , LexisNexis #1015-086

In re Badgett

Ruling
Secured bank's claim for attorneys' fees allowed over debtor's objection.
Issue(s)
Was oversecured creditor entitled to attorneys' fees over debtor's objection?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on August 31, 2015 , LexisNexis #1015-118

In re Dilone

Ruling
Creditor's late-filed proof of claim allowed as an amendment to timely proof of claim filed by debtor on creditor's behalf.
Issue(s)
Should creditor's late filed amendment of proof of claim timely filed on its behalf by debtor be disallowed?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on June 26, 2015 , LexisNexis #0715-078