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Clay v. Credit Acceptance Corp. (In re Clay)

Ruling
Creditor's failure to halt filing and service of lawsuit commenced on day before petition date violated stay.
Procedural posture

Plaintiff debtor filed a motion for summary judgment in an adversary proceeding filed against defendant creditor seeking damages for violation of the automatic stay under 11 U.S.C.S. § 362.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on May 11, 2011 , LexisNexis #0611-040

In re Hurtt

Ruling
Chapter 13 case dismissed due to noncontingent, liquidated, unsecured debts in excess of limits.
Procedural posture

A chapter 13 trustee filed a motion to dismiss the debtors' chapter 13 case pursuant to 11 U.S.C.S. § 109(e). The court held a preliminary and a final hearing. The court issued findings of fact and conclusions of law in accordance with Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7052.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on April 21, 2011 , LexisNexis #0511-071

Lyon v. Baker (In re ClassicStar LLC)

Ruling
Transfer by debtor to bank was constructively fraudulent and could be avoided.
Procedural posture

Chapter 7 trustee filed an adversary proceeding against defendant investor, seeking a determination that a transfer an LLC made to a bank to pay a debt the investor owed was constructively fraudulent under 11 U.S.C.S. § 548(a)(1)(B) and could be recovered from the investor under 11 U.S.C.S. § 550(a). The case was tried to the court.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on March 14, 2011 , LexisNexis #0411-091

Rule v. Rule (In re Rule)

Ruling
Discharge denied due to debtors' fraudulent transfers, concealment of assets, and false oaths and accounts.
Procedural posture

Bankruptcy trustee brought an adversary proceeding against defendant bankruptcy debtors seeking denial of the debtors' discharges under 11 U.S.C.S. § 727(a) based on the debtors' fraudulent transfers, concealment of assets, and false oaths and accounts.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 07, 2011 , LexisNexis #0411-023

Peoples Exchange Bank v. Taylor (In re Taylor)

Ruling
Debtor's failure to remit portion of proceeds of cattle sale to secured creditor resulted in nondischargeable debt.
Procedural posture

Plaintiff bank filed an adversary proceeding for a determination that its claim against debtor arising out of a financing arrangement collateralized by certain cattle and farm equipment owned by debtor was nondischargeable under either 11 U.S.C.S. § 523(a)(2)(A) and /or 11 U.S.C.S. § 523(a)(6).

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 04, 2011 , LexisNexis #0411-057

Gilchrist v. United Bank & Trust Co. (In re Gilchrist)

Ruling
Mortgage valid only as to debtor spouse had to be considered in finding that judgment lien was avoidable as impairing debtor's homestead exemption.
Procedural posture

Plaintiff debtors brought an adversary proceeding seeking to avoid defendant creditor's judgment lien pursuant to 11 U.S.C.S. § 522(f). Before the court were the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on December 17, 2010 , LexisNexis #0111-080

Ramsey v. Plapp (In re Plapp)

Ruling
Debt to owner of camper for difference in value between debtor's fraudulent consignment of camper and return to owner was nondischargeable.
Procedural posture

Plaintiff owner of a camper brought an adversary proceeding against defendant bankruptcy debtor seeking a determination that a debt to the owner from a consignment of the camper to the debtor for sale was nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C.S. § 523(a)(2)(A) based on the debtor's fraud.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on December 04, 2009 , LexisNexis #0110-051

Miller v. Bates (In re Hockensmith)

Ruling
Payment from amount posted as bond in co-debtor's criminal case was a preferential transfer.
Procedural posture

Plaintiff trustee filed an action against defendant transferee because the trustee sought to avoid as preferential a transfer made from the debtor, pursuant to 11 U.S.C.S. § 547. The trustee and the transferee both filed motions for summary judgment.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on June 25, 2009 , LexisNexis #0809-088

U.S. Trustee v. Haeberle (In re Haeberle)

Ruling
Discharge denied due to debtors' undervalued and concealed property.
Procedural posture

Plaintiff, the United States Trustee, filed an action against defendant debtors, to deny a discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C.S. § 727(a)(2) and (4). The court issued findings of fact and conclusions of law.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on April 07, 2009 , LexisNexis #0609-017

Murray Inc. v. Agripool SRI (In re Murray Inc.)

Ruling
Speculative opinion of expert was not proper basis for allowance of ordinary course of business defense to avoidance.
Procedural posture

Plaintiff, a trustee of the debtor's liquidating trust, appealed an order of the Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, which dismissed the adversary complaint filed by the trust against defendant supplier to avoid certain payments as preferential transfers and to recover $271,242 for the estate, pursuant to 11 U.S.C.S. §§ 547 and 550.

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Court :
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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on July 24, 2008 , LexisNexis #0808-100