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In re Baehr

Ruling
Judgment lien avoidable as impairing debtor's homestead exemption.
Issue(s)
Should judgment lien be avoided as impairing debtor's homestead exemption?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on November 16, 2015 , LexisNexis #1215-087

Dorsey v. United States Dept of Educ.

Ruling
Debtor ordered to respond to interrogatories relating to proceeding for discharge of student loan debt or face sanctions.
Issue(s)
Should debtor be sanctioned for failure to respond to inquiries in proceeding seeking undue hardship discharge of student loan debt?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on November 12, 2015 , LexisNexis #0116-025

Dorsey v. United States Dept of Educ. (In re Dorsey)

Ruling
Bankruptcy judge's participation in seminars with creditors was not grounds for disqualification.
Issue(s)
Should bankruptcy court judge recuse self from hearing debtor's case due to participation in seminars with creditors and because the judge's spouse was a former Assistant United States Attorney?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on November 12, 2015 , LexisNexis #0116-032

In re Rao

Ruling
Discharge denied due to debtor's false oaths and concealment.
Issue(s)
Should debtor's discharge be denied due to failure to disclose several assets owned on the petition date and failure to amend the schedules after discovery of the assets was made by the U.S. Trustee?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on February 26, 2015 , LexisNexis #0315-131

In re Hall

Ruling
Automatic stay did not apply to real property sold at sheriff's sale more than one year before petition date.
Issue(s)
Could the automatic stay be used to contest the disposition of property sold at a sheriff's sale more than one year prior to the petition date?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on February 24, 2015 , LexisNexis #0615-076

In re Ferro

Ruling
Relief from stay to collect on postpetition judgment denied where collection would cause debtor to default on chapter 13 plan.
Issue(s)
Did the automatic stay apply to collection of judgment debt incurred postpetition or should relief from stay be granted to allow its collection?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on February 03, 2015 , LexisNexis #0215-108

In re Level III Trading Partners L.P.

Ruling
Limited partners' claims were regular equity claims absent evidence that the claims resulted from prepetition withdrawal from debtor limited partnership.
Issue(s)
Whether a litigation trustee had standing to object to claims, whether creditors withdrew from debtor limited partnership prior to the petition date and whether the creditors' claims were at parity with general unsecured creditors?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on February 03, 2015 , LexisNexis #0215-113

In re Virgin Offshore U.S.A. Inc.

Ruling
Chapter 11 trustee could not be presumed to be entitled to maximum statutory compensation.
Issue(s)
Was the chapter 11 trustee entitled to maximum statutory compensation?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on January 26, 2015 , LexisNexis #0215-074

In re Virgin Offshore U.S.A. Inc.

Ruling
Chapter 11 trustee could not be presumed to be entitled to maximum statutory compensation.
Issue(s)
Was the chapter 11 trustee entitled to maximum statutory compensation?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on January 26, 2015 , LexisNexis #0215-074

Louisiana Office of Cmty. Dev. v. Celebrity Contrs. Inc. (In re Celebrity Contrs. Inc.)

Ruling
Debtor corporation's claim against state as third party beneficiary could not be set off against state's own claim.
Issue(s)
Should debtor contractor's third party beneficiary claim against state for work elevating homes located in flood plain by offset by state's claim for recovery of payment for work contractor never performed?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on November 25, 2014 , LexisNexis #1214-132