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Sandridge Energy, Inc., In re--Baker Farms, Inc. v. Sandridge E&P, LLC

Ruling
Plaintiffs were not entitled to continue or initiate litigation concerning alleged royaltyamounts as they were bound by the debtors’ confirmed plan.(Bankr. S.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on February 05, 2018 , LexisNexis #0418-008

Gonzales, In re

Ruling
Confirmation of debtor's plan denied as she did not have sufficient and regular income to make plan payments. (Bankr. N.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Confirmation of Plan; Objections.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 19, 2018 , LexisNexis #0218-111

Terrill Mfg. Co., In re

Ruling
Court deemed that retainer paid to an attorney who represented the corporation declaringbankruptcy was not part of the corporation's bankruptcy estate as it had been paid usingfunds not belonging to the said corporation. (Bankr. N.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Property of the Estate.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on January 11, 2018 , LexisNexis #0218-076

In re Hesed Enters., LLC

Ruling
Dismissal was warranted as the conversion to chapter 7 did not mitigate the debtor's bad faithfiling of its chapter 11 case. (Bankr. N.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Dismissal of a Case or Conversion to a Case Under Chapter 11 or 13; For Cause.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on September 29, 2017 , LexisNexis #1117-020

Lara, In re

Ruling
Debtors’ resort to an order to show cause why creditor should not be held in contempt for failing to respond to the order awarding debtors' damages was inappropriate as judgments for damages had to almost always be enforced. (Bankr. N.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Automatic Stay; Remedies for Violation.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 06, 2017 , LexisNexis #1017-034

Tankersley, In re

Ruling
Debtors could not claim a property exempt as their residence as they did not reside norintended to reside on the property. (Bankr. E.D. Ark.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Types of Exempt Property; Interest in Residential Property or Burial Plot.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on August 28, 2017 , LexisNexis #1017-011

Williams--In re

Ruling
Debtor's objection to the secured proof of claim filed by trustee sustained as court concludedthat bank and its successors failed to foreclose on the property within the permitted four-yearperiod. (Bankr. S.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Procedures; Title 11 Cases and Core Proceedings; Core Proceedings; Estate Administration.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on August 03, 2017 , LexisNexis #0917-002

Garcia, In re

Ruling
Bifurcation of a lien of a creditor secured by the debtor's real property is allowed as the liendoes not include the manufactured home on the property of the debtor designated aspersonalty. (Bankr. N.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Contents of Plan; Debtor’s Principal Residence; Modification of Home Mortgages.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on June 30, 2017 , LexisNexis #0817-020

Pearson, In re

Ruling
Debtor was allowed to claim a homestead exemption of agricultural land they owned as the debtor had leased the land to a partnership he created with his father that farmed the land. (Bankr. N.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Types of Exempt Property.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on April 26, 2017 , LexisNexis #0517-128

Ivey, In re

Ruling
Request for compensation and allowace of administrative expenses denied as allundistributed funds must be returned to debtor after conversion. (Bankr. E.D. Ark.)
Issue(s)
Effect of Conversion; Property of the Estate in Cases Converted from Chapter 13;

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 21, 2017 , LexisNexis #0717-006