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HSBC Bank USA N.A. v. Blendheim (In re Blendheim)

Ruling
"Chapter 20" debtors properly allowed to void lien securing disallowed claim.
Issue(s)
Are "Chapter 20" debtors ineligible for Chapter 13's lien-voidance mechanism, which allows a debtor to void or modify certain creditor liens on the debtor's property, permanently barring the creditor from foreclosing on that property?

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Court :
Judge or Jurisdiction information not available
Consumer opinion summary, case decided on October 01, 2015 , LexisNexis #1015-120

Hughes v. Tower Park Props. LLC (In re Tower Park Props. LLC)

Ruling
Trust beneficiary was not a "party in interest" who could contest dispute with debtor in bankruptcy court.
Issue(s)
Whether a beneficiary of a trust who disagrees with the way the trust was administered by former trustees is a "party in interest" with standing to object to the bankruptcy court's approval of a settlement agreement between a debtor, creditor entities held by the trust, and the former trustees?

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Court :
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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on September 28, 2015 , LexisNexis #1015-096

Sherman v. SEC (In re Sherman)

Ruling
District court erred in reversing bankruptcy court order finding that order for disgorgement of attorneys' fees derived from client's securities violations was dischargeable.
Procedural posture

Appellant debtor challenged a decision of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, which reversed a bankruptcy court judgment that certain debt was excepted from the debtor's discharge in bankruptcy.

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Court :
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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 19, 2011 , LexisNexis #1011-068